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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

Parts OF ss book are especially
we'll done. where Phil is wounded,
for instance. AMI Helen and The
other folk come 20 the escue There
are Other parts which SEEM aborcd
and unnatural Why the cheap idea
Of the beautiful ana The ugly Sis
tors. almost like 6rimm's s,iry
tale7 Why the uncommonls am
baious and scheming mother Why
SO much money n the a. chap
tere All 70 make a good seller. per.
haps. bu, nor good literature 1he
loye story, As 81 develops, Is more
subtle and there are hints ~ good
writing bu, or the whole ibis - one
II the efforts al novelty IN human
mix-ups which robs IL - the sim
pllcity OF theme which might have
saved II from medioCv.ry Nc.
Palmer is better as war cores
pendent. as FAR as this story Is con
cerned. Dodd Mead a Company
Ne= York. $40
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

THE FAITH OF RoeERT BROWN
ING; by Edward \. @. Herman, IN
which the author gives an appre-
eisflen OF the poet and seeks thru
quotations from his works 70
prove that he was 4 Christian.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

According 20 Or Cer8> he Par
Narnent % Religions which SAT IN
Chica4o IN 1888 was the concrete
evidence Of 40 iesveu which had
been working thru all kinds and
forms % religion FOR many year,.
That 4, heraided q new era IN re-
ngious though and = real advance
toward the brotherhood of man H.
the authors belief In The FIRST es-
say an interesting account o. this
parliament e. given with extracts
from the addresses OF The men who
came from the various parts ~ the
world as enfsfives Dr Carus
points out tho waning oy theology
ard the effort 90 pat in IFS place
love Of humanity ard justice An
explanation Of the Open Couri Pub
fishing oompany and rs purpose
as a center FOR earnest and thoro-
going reformation In religion, Is
given In the last chapter
Open Court Publishing company
7 Chicago. s.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

THE CHILD or THE HOAT. By
!. q. s. Eoisorn. the Oxford Uni.
versity art lecturer. who was res.
cued from the water after the
Lusitanis went down ard who, N
turn, rescued little girl whom
he took into his own family. This
book was written for This girl
and is successful effort 20 give
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

The author seems 10 feel u neces-
sary 20 provo 20 the world that Rob.
ert Browning Vss A Christian He
apparently f. not able 10 conceive
the bigness OF 'he poet. his im-
measurable faith ia humanity ais
loyoas optimism. Tie goodness OF
man as being OF worth unless y BE-
labeled. lie takes pleasure IN sum
ling up with All the aSknov J.
edged defects in some Of ais last
metaphysical experiments. be has
shown, IN his work as a whole he
absolute necessity and deep joy of
religion sherman. French q Com
rsny. Boston, publishers sec
TIE OLD BLOOD. D. Freoer,eS
Palmer, author OF The Last Shot"
my Year Of the Great War" etc.
A novel o. human issues ana ~
man values.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

20 girls rs interesting reading
matter as Is provided for their
brothers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

Prtatiax-thr plain aeaf kind--that
IL riEht--TIme< Job Dcpf~--wsfn $3.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

mist type ] liked the old-fashioned
clngstone variety. | married my wife
because she was pretty and frivolous.
We were very happy until, year after
little Margery was born my wife fell
out of an apple tree and cracked her
skull" '
"Ohw I murmured sympathetically.
settling back.
please don't light the cigarette, old
man. 1t might disturb her dreadfully,"
he begged me. "Well, she had long
convalescence, during which she had to
sit in darkened room and keep her
mind as much blank as possible Dur
ing this period she amused herself by
writing story of the sort she had de-
voured before her marriage. The doc
tors said this would not interfere with
the treatment. That was the manu-
script of Little Sweetheart
"Ahw murmured.
Eve thought nothing of it at the
time. took the thing to the office and
gave it to my stenographer to type
write. My law practice was not very
large, and it kept her busy in odd hours.
At that time | happened to be doing
some copyright work for a publisher.
One day he came in and found my ste
nographer in tears. She had just fin
ished the last chapter. | believe the
concluding phrase was Without word
he clasped her in his manly arms. Be-
tween sobs the girl explained that she
had never read anything so lovely"
The hall door opened and a maid came
in silently ] noticed that she wore
tennis sneakers. She made signals 70
Horace with her fingers and he replied
with a nod.
Pardon me-" he said. "The butcher
has come"
He took from hook little slate, and
after minute of thought wrote on it.
| caught glimpse of word or two.
Calls liver, pounds. Bacon, u pound.
Sirlon steak and a postscript
Have Mary sweep the living room"
The maid took the slate and went our.
I'VE have to have all our servants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

"Hellor whispered Horace, taking
up the receiver. "No; Mr.. Stone has
lust left for-for Panama. 8.
What's that? No; on a pri-
vate yacht. No; they have no
wireless. Goodby."
He set down the telephone and sighed
heavily. Somebody has discovered the
address," he remarked forlornly. well
have to move again"
He arranged tall screen in front of
the zinc door.
"My wife might come in, and the
sight of stranger would disturb her
for whole day." he explained. "Now
sit down and tell me all about yourself.
| haven't seen any one in ages"
"But first tell me about Luther
Stone" exclaimed. "My dear Drab-
BILE, are you
Hush he whispered, sharply, with
an agonized gesture toward the screen.
A bolt was shot back on the other
side of the door and the door opened
softly. Ny uneasiness returned.
Horace said a normal female voice,
chow do you spell incomprehensible' ~
isn't that a rather large word for
your public, my DEAR" he asked.
I'm not working. I'm writing to
Aunt Jeanette" said the voice.
He spelled the word. q hope you're
not forgetting the story due for the
Pretty Girls Own Magazine he said.
1--WE have to get that off to-day"
Then she seemed suddenly to become
irrational. 81 know" she said. But
! can't find my box of marshmalows."
There's new box in the bottom
drawer of your desk" he replied
Thank you, Horace" she said Sc
renely, and closed the door,
"She can never start story for
woman's magazine without first eating
q box Of marshmallows," explained
Horace, after the bolt was shot to.
"Then your wife, stammered.
He nodded sadly. Il can trust you
not to breathe word of it. She is
Luther Stone"
Its queer how things turn out" he
whispered presently. 81 never had any
use for the intellectual woman, the fem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
~ A ii5i7sesksEzSsSssySztW
Bv HAROLD KELLOCK

deaf and dumb" he explained. "WeI,
the upshot of the matter was that tfe
publisher insisted on bringing out the
book. The only drawback was my wlte'S
name. Her parents were somewhat err
ratio about names. They christened her
Eunomia. The publisher said if ne got
out anything signed Eunomia Drabhle
the critics would all be reviewing the
authors name instead of the book"
"You might have used her maiden
name" | suggested.
Equally impossible. 1t was Kinks,
he said. Anyway, she didn't wish to
use her own name. We were rather
ashamed of the thing We knew some
nice people then, and had our position
to think Of Luther Stone was a good,
solid name, and we picked that. SO the
book came out, and we kept the author
ship secret"
Il suppose you read it over and over"
/ remarked.
"Only the first two chapters" he re-
piled. ut made me quite i'll. Well, the
book was published, and we didn't think
much about the thing until Christmas
came on a few months later, and my
wife took fancy to surprise me with
present bought with money she had
earned herself. SO she wrote to the
publisher asking for a small advance on
her royalties, if there were any. She
hoped he might send fifty dollars. By
return mail she got a check for ten
thousand"
He paused and turned away and
sighed
"Of course, after that my wife had TO
try again. She began on New Years
Day. At that time she was leading a
normal healthy, suburban life, looking
after the house, going to parties, skat-
ing occasionally, playing a little bridge,
running in with me to the opera every
other week, and, as | recall, she had
discovered Bernard Shaw. At the end
Of month of struggle she had finished
one chapter. but the publisher said it
wouldn't do. There was an idea in it,
and her public wouldn't stand for ideas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Whv Should Music 90 out When
Spring Comes In?

Il can't sympathize with you, SAID
CURLY; "of course you couldn't expect
to hear all the musical marvels we have
had with us this season. But we have
hardly enough even on your own figures
Nearly every time I've been to the Phil
harmonic | have met the cold stare oil
a Standing Room Only sign; at the
Sunday evening concerts at the Metro
politan have caught many a cold wait
ing at the end of three-block line for
tickets. New York gets no more music
than its music hungry millions demand
This is the Mecca of Melody, and l
should think you'd thank the Fates FOR
not depositing you in Malta, Mont,
where the only sounds Of divine mad
ness emanate from the town band.
IF you'd give me chance to finish,
Howard protested, cts just about those
music hungry millions that I've been
worrying. I've been wondering what
becomes of them after the end of
March? Does Tschaikowsky become
trite when there's a touch of spring in
the air? Does the thirst for melody
languish with the glimmer Of green on
the grass? Perhaps I've become morbid
in my lust for music, but sometimes in
the middle of April, in the MINDLESS
glory Of a spring sunset, there comes
over me the same desire to pulse to the
passion of the Pathetic Symphony that
| had, say, on March II.
Perhaps | have become afflicted with
a mania for melody, but | imagine my
heart would leap as gayly to the Prelude
TO the Meistersinger a month from now
as it will when | hear it Sunday at the
Philharmonic farewell. But the man
ayers know better. They know that
the only places that will welcome Pan
in the spring are Wichita, Kan, and
Evanston, Ill. They have discovered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
PIPES OF PAN IN NEW YORK

bore after the middle of March. I'm
beginning to think my pathological, all
the-year-round love of music is a more
prevalent disease than is commonly be-
lieved."
THE point is" protested, that the
call of the open browns the clangor ofthe
trumpet. and most people would rather
follow a golf course than the tangle CT
a toccata. When the heart is light and
the sun is warm you can't expect people
to sit through the heavy thunder of the
Niebelungen cycle
That's so, too" Howard said, much
troubled. "and that's how | happened to
wonder why it was not unreasonable to
see the solitary confinement scene OF
Justice late in May. And several
thousand people of my acquaintance en-
loved the Trojan Woman of Eurlpides
amid the buds and blossoms of early
June. Besides, there is plenty OF light
er music than the thunders of Wagner,
but the only place where Pan gets
chance to pipe in the spring is in Bull
finch's Age of Fable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

that New York will only greet the great
melodious god when he comes wrapped
in a muller and has to wear rubbers to
the concert hall. Grieg's TO Spring
can, l infer, be appreciated fittingly
only on a crisp cold day in February,
and one can get into the spirit of Wag-
ner's Bacchanal only in the wild aban-
don of a muggy November afternoon.
And | suppose the hundreds of people
that tried in vain to get seats for the
Boston Symphony on March 10 would
turn up their noses if it dared to come
back early in April
'If people wanted music any longer.
they'd get it quickly enough" | said,
but the G0tterdammerung can't hold
cut the lure of a golf course, and trio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
The Moonlight Sonata Seems Sea-
sOnabIe Even in July

Il suppose the managers inquire thaC
the hundreds of thousands of people
who hear music in New York during the
winter leave in body to land in London
early in April, just in time for the be-
ginning of the Covent Garden opera sea-
son. Or perhaps they all go to Berlin
to listen 70 the Berlin Philharmonic
when it gives its government endowed
concerts in the public squares. And as
for the few music lovers left In town
after Easter, it seems it wouldn't pay TO
maintain an accordion in their interest.
Maybe it wouldn't. But I'd like TO
see the experiment tried. The pianolas
that surround my apartment go on as
bIithely in May as they do in January,
and my family buys monograph records
al summer Sometimes | find myself
humming the Moonlight Sonata on
weird, pleasant evening late in July"
thought at first that Howard was
alone in his morbid desire to hear music
all the year round, although to my Lay
mind there seemed no reason on the
face of it why, when song was pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
TIsALNs MMWMSSzM44gxN-
BOOKS, COMMON AND PREFERRED

To make long story short, we discov-
cred that my wife would have to repro
duce the conditions under which she
turned out her first novel. She gave up
everything, and went to live in dark
ened room and make her mind abso-
lutely blank. At first this did not work.
We feared the thing might require an
ether crack on the head. guess it was
Bernard Shaw that grabbed the game
However, after few difficult months
the story began to flow. 1t was Deepen
ing Into Love- 100000 copies sold, and
half million in the cheap paper edl-
ton"
"A remarkable book" / remarked.
''Poppycock" said he "At first we
tried housekeeper here, but that was
not satisfactory, so | gave up my law
practice to run the household and attend
to Luther Stones secretarial work. Ny
wife's income, you see, is ten times the
best [ could hope to do at law. | spend
most of my time replying to letters from
ardent young ladies, marriage proposals
and the like, and communications from
manufacturers seeking Luther Stones
Endorsement of everything from pipe
tobacco to mechanical pianos. The last
novel, Grille, brought in 107 proposals
of marriage alone. One has to be tact.
full"
Here the zinc door was opened again.
Horace" said the voice, would you
write silently he clasped her in his hun
CRY arms or Silently she snuggled into
his hungry arms'?'
81 think 'snuggle' would be nice for
your public" he replied
1T is the last line" she said. with
note of relief. THE story took a lot OF
marshmallows.'
Didn't Little Sweetheart and Deep
ening Into Love- and Grille end with
the same line?" | asked, after the door
closed.
"All her stories end like that. Her
public demands it," he explained. "Of
course my chief concern is to keep her in
a mental vacuum where no ideas or sug-
gestions or human feelings may enter.
She has. not seen Margery in seven
months. It's some job, but manage it.
T.ast vear our income vas sig 70S 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Music Hath Charms DESPITE II.
View That Ii Hath Nof

New York has always gone on y.
theory" said Mr.. Rothwell, that mus,
has charms till about March 26. IN.
lot night in August last year we turn.
away a thousand people after we h,l
admitted eight thousand. In Lopdr
the opera season begins in April. and :
Berlin it runs right through the Yea,
except for few weeks in August. n.
short musical season in New York |,
relic of the days when the musical NH
lie was small and ariStocratic, and vhs
everybody who heard music in Nm
York in March was hearing it in Euuy
in April. In Boston and Phladelvh,
two of the best orchestras in Amer,
give several months Of pop concer,
which, in spite of the baseball season
are amazingly well attended. Tn.
great musical festivals out Of town an
all held in the spring"
The next time | saw Howard | tog
him | had expert confirmation of ht
complaint. But he was busy readnc
the Farewell Programme of the Phi.
harmonic and wistfully lingering III.
announcement of Paderewsh'S last re.
cital. And he kept murmuring olson.
solately that it would be seven month,
before he could hear a regular cOnce
again. | tried to tell him that after al
there would be some bands in the parks,
that the marimbas would remain in the
hotels all summer, and that there were
always the cabarets. But he Remained
bleak and hopeless. The only cOnsOla.
ton | could offer him was the part Of
Bullfnch's age of Fable that tells
about the Pipes Of Pan in the happy
sunlit valleys Of Already. That's the
only place he'll get a chance to hear
them until the gray days of late 0c.
tober.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

including the immortal Orpheus him
self wouldn't fill the Little Theatre once
the tennis season had begun. And
Beethoven and baseball don't go well to-
gether."
81 thought so myself" Howard an
swered, knitting his brows. "And that
is why | was so puzzled one hot night
last August when eight thousand peo-
pie came to hear the Civic Orchestra,
and that during an epidemic Of IN
fantile paralysis and during car strike.
All last summer thousands of people
who for one reason or another had hap
pened to remain in town came to Madi-
son Square Garden regularly to hear
Wagner and Beethoven and all sorts OF
music that is supposed to be an awful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

"Of course her anonymity is the cnI
thing that saves her. Luther Stone 4
the only best seller who mas never n'
dorsed any proprietary article or VIII
ten a line about the war. In fact ny
wife has not yet heard of the war
WHAT | cried.
mot so loud, please" he said. he
war would be too disturbing. OF colrS
the seclusion helps publicity. It always
does. John D. Rockefeller used 70 x
more secluded than the chief wife Of ..
Sultan of Turkey, and the papers s'a
magazines were full Of him. IhAS
publicity man made him change Dis ~
tics. He began to play golf with n'''
rakers and reporters and be spOn '~
a good scout. Immediately the pre-
dropped him and he became as unln"
esting as John D. Smith. Why, e''H
pastime as dull and stupid as a VIC
ling exhibition has been pOpularEeo v
putting on a masked marvel Lu~I
Stone in 1915 received l29 more "
umns of reading notices than any 0U'
living author" ,
At this moment little girl enc.
from the hall. Her dress and race We,
smudged with ink and in one oiacA''"
hand she carried a fountain pen.
DADDY give Margery a pad!' 'D
asked. =,
What is it, dear? Why" he sad =.
I'm going to write a book -
mother" declared the child. ~
Drabble started up as if stung' :,
face turned ashen gray and even % -. !.
beard seemed to fade. Win OH' ,ag.
he snatched the pen from the ~ n.
hand, snapped it in two and nuH'
pieces into the waste basket. :.
If ever catch you writihs' -,
whispered hoarsely, I'll cut yo" y N
off, and a second time III Kill yV''
you understand o1
The child fled weeping from u. Es
and he slipped back into his cnSn, Va Ar
face was CHASTITY. Il couldn't STAN ,,It.
other. My poor little girl ~
tered. mt
Suddenly he dropped his iie'u
the desk and began to sob bltterp' .n
stole quietly from the rOO''
from the house. ,.aa
In writing this am violating - ~
of secrecy. l do it to save an ~ 80
from a life Of Degradation a00
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

verbally in the heart of man. :
shouldn't be accessible to his e.,.
There wasn't thing about it in n.
Dictionary of Music and Musicians AM
l decided that Bartlett and BuISnA
were downright archaic when il ram.
to facts about the life of Pan. Il.
cided, therefore, to consult Mr.. Wall,
Henry Rothwell, who last year q,
Quoted what is considered by MANY 4.
best summer music New York has l.,
in a decade. He confirmed Howard !,
every detail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

| went to interview the mysterious
Luther Stone, whose novels had sold so
many copies that even the
LUTHER publishers could not exag
STONE gerate about them. Though
reams of speculation had
been written about the personality Of
Mr.. Stone, no one had ever succeeded
in interviewing him, and his photo
graph had never been published. |
learned his address only through the
merest accident. AS l rang the bell Of
his suburban villa my heart beat high
with anticipations of scoop.
After an interval the door was opened
a few inches and red beard poked
through the aperture.
What is it," asked bass whisper.
Il want - l began.
But the door was suddenly flung open,
while the bass whisper said, 'Well, well
this is a treat"
In spite of the leOnine beard, the
thinned hair and the lines about the
temples and the eyes, l recognized my
old classmate, Horace Drabble.
"This way, old man." whispered Hor-
ace. "Step softly, please
/ tiptoed after him, not without re-
luctance and uneasiness, into the silent
house. In the first place, / realized /
must have come to the wrong address.
In the second Horace was the last per
son on whom wished to call. / had not
seen him in ten years. No one had seen
him. He had married unfortunately;
that is, his wife had cracked her head
in an accident, and Horace, so heard,
instead of having her confined in an
asylum, had given up his law practice
in order TO become her keeper. | had
particular dread Of insane persons and
family skeletons.
He led the way up flight Of stairs,
along darkened hall, and into little
room fitted up as an Office, with desk,
filing cases, and book shelves containing
dictionaries, encyclopedias, aliases, etc.
1n>rc vas nothing remarkable about
the room, except the unusually heavy
draperies over the window and heavy
zinc door on one side, apparently lead
ing into another chamber A muted
telephone on the desk was buzzlng
softlY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

weight. There have been innumer-
able singers, and young violinists, who
would have given me a glimpse Of great
ness in the bud. There have been
twelve quartets and half dozen gala
concerts with a trio Of genius thrown
in. There have been benefit perform
ances. of which ! have heard only one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

II TOWARD, one Of the several nun
dred thousand citizens who be-
Il n tween October and March find
solace and inspiration in the concert
halls of this town, came over one sunny
afternoon last week with his annual
spring protest. He walked in humming
the Andante from Beethoven's Filth
symphony, beating time with the pro-
gramme notes of the Philharmonic
farewell concert, He began;
"The poet who wrote about Pans
eternal futing. futing to maid and man,
would have lost a very good line if ne
had lived in New York City, He would
have discovered that Pan ends his sea-
son here about March 25th. If Music
be the food of Love, as Shakespeare
plausibly suggests, Love will have to
90 hungry during its jubilant season.
In the spring, when a young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of an amatory
character, Pan is out Of business as far
as New York is concerned. He's gone
off on spring tours of the provinces, and
has taken the soft, complaining flute,
the clangor of the trumpet, and the
double, double, double beat OF the thun-
dering drum along with him."