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ton. All Of these men and women of Mr..
Strachey's wanted something finer than
what they knew, tried hard to find it, often
became confused by lesser aims and died
still hunting, Some people have been
shocked by this kind of portraiture, which
is indscriminatc in its disclosure of good
and evil. In sooth, they ought to be CRATE
full for revelation Of the kind of herolsm
and labor that does not need hypocrisy to
maintain defend it.
The most successful tale in the book is the
story of Cardinal Manning. All the hypoc-
risy and determination by which men of the
Victorian age aimed to cover the endless
campaigns toward their personal ends is
here unveiled with subtle and penetrating
hand. This is more nearly q novel than
any other in the. book, because behind the
gaunt figure of the ambitious man who
rose so OBVIOUSLY to great public power in
England are the jostled figures of New
man, the piteous but noble Newman of the
Apologize, and Gladstone, militant and
powerful and unbending The Oxford
Movement, only a name now, but once
thrill fog Intelligent England, passes in
vague professional, with John Keble and
Hurrell Froude in the lead and Bentham
and Mills in shadow in the ofling.
Cardinal Manning was man with sup
pressed desire that sometimes was able even
to deceive the soul so deeply concerned
with its own eternal welfare. He wanted
personal distinction and power, and
through all the ecclesiastical exgencies OF
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I es
Biography in the Form of Fiction
Music and the Soul of Russia
By Ralph Block

uality describes the scene when the Order
OF Merit was brought TO her by royal com
mand.
Sir Douglas Dawson, after a short
speech, stepped forward and handed the
insignia OF the order to Miss Nightingale
Propped up by pillows, she dimly recog-
nlzed that some compliment was being paid
her. TOO kind-too kind she murmured;
and she was not ironical'
Dr. Arnold and Chinese Gordon are the
other two figures in the book; General Cor
don IS OF the two most completely set forth.
Z close and specific description OF this adj
venturous and mad life is lacking. The
perspective is in further distance than the
description of Cardinal Manning. where le,
ters lent closer air of reality. For all
that 1t is a powerful and well-told story.
with tragedy lurking in the wings Here
AGAIN the great figures of H. dav, Clad
stone and the Queen and Sr Evelyn Bar
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conquer his medium; it is a fight to the
death every time.
All this has done a tremendous damage
to innovations in the arts An artist has
desires and dreams first; he finds way
afterward to make them articulata in an
appropriate form. But the audience that
makes profession of being an audience
which includes most critics and dilettanles
would have it the other way about What
preoccupies them is scarcely ever the quail
ity OF imagination involved 1t is the lar
gon of manners and methods out of which
they develop a great sacerdotal my tery.
The great public is at once repulsed and
fascinated by all this; but it is scarcely
ever led to understand A new venture in
rression-urged in these days by the
constant variation in the life that gives
birth to xpression-inds notoriety by the
classification of its manner, instead of fame
by the quality of what it says.
Doubtless the audience for Serge Pro-
hotieff at Aeolian Hall Wednesday was com
posed of all these elements. But the pro-
iessional parts of it could pursue their
wonted strain only by completely ignoring
the human quaiities Of this so-called
evolutionary piano playing Here was no
perverslon of the instrument. no greedy
torture Of ihe scale to extract rare sound
10 the amateur appeared notAine bus
tall and somewhat diaident looking voun.,
man, She kind Of Hussian who looks like 81
a~eae, Who sst ben at the niano 20 nia..
'ill@ N'"ecs 't'' Wo't. indiffereri .0l so-,n
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VINO began by suppressing a great uprising
IN emma and who came to his end, after OBJ
ourate courage, with his head fixed, bv
oroer OF the Mahdi, in the branches of
tree on the public highway in Khartoum.
q UDIENCES that make profession Of
a being audiences are strange lot
They really are never very far re-
moved from the prize ring. Whether they
are to be found at the concert or the thea
tire or in the picture galleries, they can be
spotted by the distinctive air they bear of
having come to watch an antagonism
Somewhere and somehow they have missed
the facts that the arts are chiefly distilla-
tions of the human spirit There is some
thing eombative about them. some yearnine
fof opposltion aHd hostility. Thcv are
eager 20 see how vel! the plofaeo,iJst WIN
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that richly-served Church at last was
awakened to bestow. A man who was
moved by many visions and called by many
spiritual beckonings, possessed of great
energies, Manning comes out finally in this
picture which Mr.. Strachey draws:
"Thc spare and stately form, the head
massive, emaciated, terrible, with the great
nose, the glittering eyes, and the mouth
drawn back and compressed into the grim
,igdites of age, salf- modification aud
authority"
BY this same method Florence Nightin-
gale is revealed as another frustrated spirit
of the time, whose desire was greater than
the time would allow, a woman full of ter
rible angers at the incapacity and stupidity
of the people about ner, moved by great
passions for better world, and, turned at
last, after so many years of vigor, into a
senile old woman. With his own kind OF
irony this novelist, who makes use OF act
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FEVHE truth is often very hard to know
4 and once disclosed, dangerous to
pronounce. Men, great or other
Wise. seldom hear it about them
selves when they are alive, and afterward
'heir supporters and their relatives see to
u that biographers stay within the sweet
limitations OF the plausible and correct 1t
10 NIUE that every one knows this is CON
'ehtlon and makes allowances for the fail
hgs the epitaphs omit, but as a conven-
Yon it is we'll rooted aud will take time to
oe overthrown. Only the novelist is al
lo"ed free hand He can pick his ma
erals where he will and the more often
%'Fely truthful he is. the better it will be
'or his bookstall sales.
There was bound to be biographer some
way who would recognize this fine and airy
'ieeoom OF the novelist and turn it to his
'"a account So we have Eminent Vic
Vrians,' by Lytton Strachcy (Putnam),
N"'en takes some great images Of what is
",ieady legendary time and makes kind
=, novel out of the life of each of them.
,'s mas had to be daring 10 do this he has
.'a TO assault dozens Of established no.
s0ns OF the nobility of Great Ones, but
"e result has been compensating. There
"othlng marble or craven about these
s''ses Mr. Strachey sets atop the balus-
"aae Of time. They palpitate with life
sao have all the comfortable weakness and
s'uhciency of a ptifully incomplete hu-
a.saty But being life treated artistcally,
10 not fail as we'll to contain aspira-
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ol'them beautiful and all of them interest
ing.
lhis was the man whose "Scythian Suite"
was said to have driven Gla aAunov r7adlv
from the concert hall, but the only fever he
seemed to parade for his New York audi
ence was the universal fever of .he artist
who presses on to capture the ideal vision
OF which ne always falls short. 1t was in
escapably Russian, the music that he
played Russian in the sense that it ex
pressed knowingly and sweetly the under
ground meditations of a people whose gen
lus is contemplative and yet whose situa
ti0n IN time and history demands action.
There could be sensed out Of the tide Of
sound, moving slowly in strange channel
Of rnythm. OF rising to lash itself against
the ospheres about. an UNDERSTANDING of
the great tide of human hope and desire
1rom which il came and 10 which it seemed
TO try to give voice The Russian is
child who has never yet come to terms
with the destiny the circumstance of an
eNactlng world presses on him. He j.
Stranger N ;he West; he would sit most
G. comfortably 'r 6azass and at city gates
dreaming O. withheld pe~fecsio, But
'Ae Nest holds no time for aream;r.
ana IN all his agi he gives 4 free voice TO
ms desire for What is ultimate and pro-
loHndly desirable. Bolshevism is the side
o. hnn which has been obsessed bv tho
@ang"f 9f funliry His art is ,hat part of
4'S som where 'f remote shades he allows
fiesel- 81. rose.
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ing and Mr.. Stead,
para d e behind the
courageous Gordon.
Fiction manages to
make up a certain
rhythm, a strophic and
antistrophic movement
in its tragic narrative.
This story needs no in
vention to obtain it;
Mr.. Strachey has amply
d + a W n forth t h e
rhythm contained in
the history of this man
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his passage from the
Church of England to
Rome he managed to
step toward it more
and more, managed by
intricate ways to put
distance between him
self and other am
bitions painting be-
hind, and all but sue
ceeded in frustrating
the sincere and naive
Newman and keeping
from him the honor
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-12-20
Save &Isn'
that we may share
Save food

Nearly time for New Years reso-
buttons. Resolve to have your 1919
printing done at The Patriot office.
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let go. Mamma, and Edith and jim
came In and so great was the excite
ment that Bobby forgot to look for
what was In his stocking.
That was certainly the happiest
Christmas, the Sawyer. family ever
spent or ever would spend Bobby
was too young to have, it all explained
to him, but when he Is older his mother
intends to tell him that his father was
on vessel that was torpedoed and
sunk. Mr.. Sawyer was reported miss
ing, but he was picked up cut of the
water by an American cruiser and in
time managed to get home, After word
came that he was saved the letter was
written to Bobby by his sister as from
Santa Claus. and afterwards tele-
gram came saying that his father
would be home on. Christmas morning.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-12-20
PLENTY OF DANCING THIS SEA.
SON.

From appearances it would seem
that Putnam is to have much more
dancing than usual this season. If
the boys come home it will add to the
attendance at the various affairs.
Pepp's jazz orchestra is holding
weekly dances in Odd Fellows hall
These are Saturday night affairs.
On New Years eve there will be a
social and dance in Union hall with
both round and square dances. Mu-
sic Will be furnished by the G. A, c.
orchestra Dancing from p. m to
a. NJ
Both afternoon and evening on New
Years day there viii be dancing in
Union hall with music by the New
Ideal jazz band of Webster
Monday evening. January IS. the
c. A. c. will hold concert and ball
in Union hall with the c. A. c. or
ehestra of 10 pieces for music
The Putnam Lodge of Elks is plan
ming for its annual charity ball as
usual, but the date has not yet been
decided upon.
Company l.. Putnam State Guard,
is planning to hold its annual ball this
year.
The fremen viii probably hold a
ball; also the K of {.
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Ope' aad read it, and looked very hap
py giving the messenger a half dol
lhr lobby asked what the telegram
was about. She told him it was about
a Christmas gift she and all the rest
of the family were to receive, and
when Bobby kept asking again and
again What is it mammal" she gave
him another bear hug and smothered
him with Kisses.
Bobby hszd a sister, Edith, twelve
years old and brother Jim, ten. Both
Of them were too old to synpathize
with B0bI" in his faith in Santa Claus
bringing b:g the gift he had promised
him in his stter. Indeed they didn't
believe Santa Claus really wrote let
tiers to chiidrra Bobby tried his best
to get out Of Edith or Jim what made
their mother so happy, but they would
not tell Indeed they seemed almost
as happy as she. Having failed with
them Bobby tried Peter the postman.
Peter said he suspected Santa Clans
had something to DO with the family
happiness, but he was not sure. So
poor Bobby was obliged to swallow his
curiosity and wait for Christmas morn
ing.
Bobby went to bed on Christmas eve
determined 10 resist the sandman aad
keep his eyes open all night, SO that
lie might ret a glimpse of Sanra Claus
and see what his remarkable gift was
But the sandman soon began To drop
sand in Bobby li.is, and be WIS asleep
in ten minutes after his head strucI.
the pillow.
When Bobby awolte the sun wa
quite high in the heavens. ale hear
the word Bobby ~ shouted in his ear,
and 1T the same time felt himself gent
Iy shaken. He did not awaken by de
prees, but all at ence. And there
standing before him and looking down
upon him, smiling. was his papa.
"Why. papa = he exclaimed, u
thought you were never going to COM
home any more
santa Claus teid me that he was
10 bring me hcme to my little boy fei
u Christmas gift"
Bobby threw his arms around his ia
Tiers neck and Rugged and Rugged
and it seemed that he would never
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Wrote His Letter.

give 1t to anybody but Bobby, saying
that Santa Claus required him to give
any letters marked from Kris krin-
gle" to the child TO whom it was adj
dressed and to no one else. Bobby
opened ii and read:
Dear Bobby:
Il have received your letter and will
bring you the finest Christmas present
you ever received in your life.
SANTA CLAUS"
Bob of course was delighted with
this, and he noticed that from the
time of its receipt everything about
the house seemed 10 take on certain
cheerineSs. Bobby laid in wait for Pc
ter when he came again and asked him
II lot of questions as to how and where
Santa Claus gave him the letter Pc
ter said that he was not permitted to
tell children anything about Santa
Claus. They must hang up their stock
ings and wait for him 10 fill them.
This was three days before Christ
mas. Bobby who was very watehful
detected his mother smuggling in GER
ain packages This puzzled him, for
mis- mamma had told him there would
ae no gifts this year and he did not
expect any except what Santa Claus
would bring. Bobby asked his moth
er If what she brought in was intend
I'd for Christmas, but she gave him
no satisfaction, though she took him
in her arms and gave him bear hug
and dozen kisses. She seemed as
happy ms if she expected Santa Claus
to bring everything she wanted for
Christmas.
The day before Christmas mes
Senger boy came with a telegram for
Mrs. Sawyer. She tore OFF the envel-
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-12-20
CAMPBELL'S PLACE
BROKEN INTO
Burglars Get Away With Two
Gallons of Whiskey and
$35.-No Clues
Entrance Gained BY Removing Pane
of Glass From Door

The saloon of Christopher (Kit)
Campbell on Livery street was brok-
en- into some time during Sunday
night The burglars got away with
about $50 in silver, about So in pen
MES and two gallon packages of
Windsor whskey.
1t is the belief of persons who work
in the place that the burglars were fla
miliar with the situation They first
removed pane of glass from one of
the front doors without breaking it.
They then crawled through the open
ing and went to Mr. Campbell's desk
in one corner of the room This was
pried open with cold chisel and the
ehisel left on the desk The silver
was taken and then the thieves went
behind the bar Here they saw glass
containing about 100 pennies and
emptied it, They then took the two
cations of vbiskey The only clew
eft behind was the chise. THIS is
believed to be the property of the n.
Y, ~ H. & H. railroad company An
officer of the company went with
Sergeant Cordier and made an inspec-
ton of the "shanty" where the
freight handlers live, but nothing
was found
Evidence that one man cut his
hand was found. There were blood
spots on the door from which the
glass was removed This is the first
break in the city in some time.
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Claus, WON'T cene az he used to. l
hear of children writing to Santa for
what they wand and I'm going to write
to him, too
So Bobby sat down and wrote his
letter. He spelled bugle, bugel. and
Christmas, Crismus, and some of the
words were so bungled that the old
fellow must have had hard time de-
ciphering them; but all the things
Bob wanted were named in the letter
and he did not doubt for Il moment
that Santa Claus would respond gem
erously.
one morning shortly before Christ
mas, Peter the postman left IA letter
at the door addressed to Robert Saw
yer. Peter who had long delivered the
letters of the Sawyer family would not
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-12-20
AN AMERICAN HABIT
THAT WAS EXPANDED

Coming to the relief of the dis
tresSed is not a new sensation TO us.
Having sent shiploads of food to the
famine sufferers of India as offhand-
eddy as the housewife hands out a cut
of the loaf to the wayfarer, it seemed
the most natural thing in the world to
suecor Belgium, to take on the feeding
of a nation quite informally.
The test of peace is to summon for
the healing of nations devotion equal
to that given he tasks of war.
Evening journal., 1918-05-24

CHURCH LEAGUE.
Contracts.
with WestmlnSer-J. c. pierson,
James Kitchen, G. ID. Handy.
With Elsmere-John Minor, willard
r. Klund.
With silvcrbrook-w. B. Young, Paul
Grubb, Z. A. Warren.
With Wesley. II. Conawsy, Leland
Morris, w. r.. Carman, John Schulberg
With Mt. Salem-P. II. Marvil, j. Hab-
bart, II. !. Rayne.
Releases.
BY Wosiey-Neal Comfy, Leonard
Crew, Raymond Hinderer. Norman Hin
derer, Robert Shirk, n. r. Shaw. Joseph
Giles, Thomas Moore, w. A. Passwater.
Evening journal., 1918-05-24
MINNiJK W Ms TWO
H0N0RS AT TRAPS

John II. Mlnnick was a double winner
In the flrst days shooting OF the Della
ware state Trapshooiing tournament
held over the traps OF the Wilmington
Trspshooting Association 70 Bellevue
yesterday afternoon. he won the A. b.
Richardson memorial trophy and the
dupont State Challenge championship
trophy-the contest for the dupont
trophy being the lnal one.
Mlnnock ted with Joe Ben McHugh
and Billy Foord for tho Richardson
Memorial. On the shoot or Minn!ck
broke q. Foord 20 and Mcllugh 22
Previous winners Of The DUPONT
amateur State championship challenge
trophy were eligible 20 shoot FOR the
fnal possession OF the trophy and the
competition brought out besides Min
nick. Captain w. A. Slmorton who re-
Gently won the trophy and j. p. Nc
Hugh. With ga breaks 10 90 for simon
ton. Minnick took possession or the
trophy for keeps.
The first days shooting. which really
was practice day, brought out %
shooters. The longest run was 70 by
Z. 2. dupont.
The State championship tournament
opened this morning and the Interstate
Associations Delaware Handicap event
In the afternoon.
Tomorrow the amateur championship
OF the State. also the professional, and
two events at 80 targets, one OF them
for merchandise prizes. VIII be shot on.
Evening journal., 1918-05-24
BY II. c. HAMILTON
united Press Stan Correspondent

United Press STAFF Correspondent).
NEW YORK, May 24-collese base
ball players OF class have the chance
Of a lifetime now TO make something
OF their ability.
Big league scouts. slipping from the
usual practice OF combing the minor
leagues before paying attention to the
college phenOms. are taking the other
track now and are visiting the colleges
first The Athletics, the Senators, the
Cardinals, the Indians, the Tigers, snd
the Pirates already have put emissaries
into the field 20 look things over.
As a result OF these early inyestiga-
tions Of promising big league material
one fine looking prospect already Is
about 10 be signed to a contract by the
Cleveland club. He is Capt X. /. June.
captain Of the West Virginia team, and
ITS star hurler. June Is recommended
highly by no less a person than Charlie
Hickman, former big Lacquer and now
mayor OF Morgantown. the city where
the West Virginia school is situated.
June has been the leading hurler Of
Evening journal., 1918-05-24
Joe Jackson Peeved, Says
He's Out of Big League Ball

I'm done with professional ball. II
makes no difference when the war ends.
! shall not attempt 10 so back TO ball
playing 70 make a living. I'm settled
now and propose TO make my home
hero. can do most anything that is
done at this shipyard. and / am out Of
the bis game FOR good"
SO spoke Joe Jackson. the former
hard-hitting outflelder OF the Chicago
White Sox. this morning Jackson and
his gang of bolters up had just com
pleted work az the Horlan plant on the
Garibaldi, a s500-ton cargo carrier, that
was flOated this morning. .a
Since Jackson left tho White Sox and
Joined the shipbuilders baseball critics
have written much unklnely criticism
about his act. During all this criti-
cism Jackson has said nothing. II
wanted them TO have their Hing and get
all through" he said. In referring to
the attacks.
Jackson does not think that he has
been treated altogether right, and that
he should not be picked out from a
hundred other professional bah players
10 be made the goat OF the country" /"
as he puts 1t.
"All this talk about my coming here
to avoid the draft is untrue" Jackson
said. Two months ago ] applied for a
job at the Harlan plant. because dur
ing the winter months ] have been
working at odd times about shipyards,
and last winter spent some time at
Jacksonville, Fla
Il made arrangements TO locate In this
city, and Clarence Rowland, the White
Sox manager, knows Il. He knew that
Evening journal., 1918-05-24
Harlan Big Leaguers
Try Bethlehem Tomorrow

day, when they play Chester. II they
can make a good showing and win
against Chester, then it's all OF, Bill
says. lie proposes TO pitch Jordan and
VIII make no change In the lineup OF
the team from that OF last Saturday.
Gallagher took a trip TO New York
this week and renewed many old ac-
quaintsnces among the ball players.
Bill has his eye on couple OF minor
league bah players. too young TO be
in the draft. whom he has hopes Of
inducing to Join with the Harlan forces.
The trip OF the Delaware River team
to Philadelphia on June &c, promises
10 be a very pleasant one. II Shibe
Park cannot be obtained for a game
with the navy aggregation that Bob
Shawkey has. the game will be played
at Fox Chase.
Bill's team is invited TO meet the navy
team at the Service Club, Twenty-see-
ond and Walnut streets. IN Philsdel-
Thia st noon and have lunch tt1H
They viii go 20 the ball ileld In auto
mobiles and return TO the Service Club
for dinner. afterwards going to the
special entertainment FOR enlisted men
at Keiih's theater.