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81. "A Taste OF the Old Boy" (Collicr's
Weekly, and %, THE Wages OF Sin" (Pic
torial Review, by Wilbur Daniel Steele
Once more it is necessary to affirm that
Wilbur Daniel Steele shares with Mrs.
Katharine Fullerton Gerould the distinc-
ton OF first place among tie contemporary
American short story artists. | still think
that Ching Ching Chinaman" is the best
short story Mr.. Steele has yet written. and
that its only close rival is white Horse
Winter" but "Thc Dark Hour I should
place third in an anthology Of Mr.. Stecle's
stories, and first in an anthology of Amer
lean wsr stories. In its message TO the
American people it yields III significance
only to the best of President Wilson's state
papers, and serves to crystalline the issue
before the country in this war as unforget-
tably William Vaughn Moody crystalliyed
the war issue less than twenty years ago in
his "Ode in Time of Hesitation.' also pub
lishcd in "rhe Atlantic Monthly" In the
light OF present events Mr.. Stecle's mes
sage has only increased in significance. o.
The Two other stories, 1.-THE Wages Of Sin"
takes its richtful place with the other
Urkey Island stories which ] have discussed
in the past. "a Taste of the Old Boy" is
one more war legend for our anthology
So. THE Bird OF Serbia" by Julian
Street c'Colliar's Weckiy"). Repeatedly III
the course Of this article have had oc-
casion Is point out that the best of the
years var storics arc creating new legends
How bird in cage in little Serbian vii
lagc may have been the cause Of the Grest
War is persuasiyely set forth by Mr.. Street
in this story. The conclusion is ono OF tho
best examples OF justi6ablc surprise emo
ing that know of, and the human quality
Of Mr.. Streets Characterization renders it.
inherent impro6ability psychologically con
vincing
81 "Tha Three Geological Wishes" by
Booth Tarkinsto ("Collier'n Wccklyr) This
is the most amusing study of adolescence
that Mr.. Harrington has given US. 1t has
countless subtle touches OF observation
which, quietly build up trio remarkably ac-
curatc portraits. regard ii as the bert o.
the new series which Mr. Tsrkington has
been publishing in "Collier's Weekly"
90. Five Rungs Cone by Albert "
Tolman ('Youth's Companion"). For mer,y
years the most interesting weekly feature
Of "Tfe Youths Companion has been th,
danger story, in which the youthful hero
escapes from extraordinary peril By virtue
OF courage and great intellectual ingenuity
Most Of these stories are built on a regular
formula and cannot claim much literary
Vsiuc. But now and then situation is so
windy realized, and the situation 80 logic
ally dcduced, that the story has literary
justification. And give Rungs Gone" Is
altogether exceptional in this respect
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"Richelieu"
BY Ralph Block

lieu. and he does it straightway. He
takes this rather nalevolent and sinister
and hcadstrong old man who was the
Cardinal of France and makes him hon
est'y & malevolent and somewhat sinister
and truly |leadstrong old man. 1t may
not be said that Mr.. Mantell is so foolish
as to rob the ladies and gentlemen who
once sat in the gallery and have now
come down to the boxes of their oppor-
tunity to applaud the commonplace
moralities with which the inventive play
wright generously punctuated his drama.
And he does, even for their sakes, put
accent marks on all the little humors of
the part, phrases it for their understand
ing, spaces it with true play-acting grace
to their intelligence.
He is too obvious trickster III spots;
he is too unsubtle a satirst Of human
frailties to be satirist at all. But be-
hind all this surrender to an audience
that by right may demand its pound or
more of artistic flesh it needs but grain
Of hopeful imagination to discern in Mr..
Mantell's playing countenance a vision
fixed far beyond that narrow limit of the
Cardinals time. There is just the least
urgency Of modernity about him, even
unconscious. perhaps. but enough to
make him little pstulant with his
dramatist's windincss and eager to turn
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Is. "DaFodls,' By Anne Douglas Sedg-
wick Atlantic Monthly. OF the series OF
stories based on the symbolism OF flowers
1'i,ich Mrs. de Selincour. has contributed
during the past FEY years to American
magazines, "DaGodils" is probably the best
Full Of the spirit OF young England and the
many thousand youths rnown in Flanders
Ike field OF daTodils in glad surrender,
this story reflects the spiritual anaioges Of
tie flower in the human heart II is the
same spirit OF eternal English youth which
is reflected in Rupert Brooke's last SON
nets.
~. Release" By Elsie Sinyrnaster pie
to-ial Review. One more memory Of
Lincoln uniting the tradition OF the Civil
War with the tradition Of the present war
s evoked By Elsie Singnaste- in this story.
There is very little action In Release" Of q
physical kind, but the spiritual values are
dynamic, and the story is told with pro-
cessional dignity attained in other stories
only by this author.
4s. "The Return" By Gordon Arthur
Smith (Scvibuer's 5lagazine). from the
romantic fortunes Of "Ferdinand Taillandys
Mr. Smith has turned to a poignant study OF
French war life. With great reticence and
gentlencss he has idealized the return Of
soldier home TO his greatest desire, and so
added one more to the notable chronicles OF
supernatural life which the war has evoked
from American artists.
20. Solitaire By Flets Csnns,ell
Springer (Harper's Magazine. regard
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D. Buster by Katharine Holland Brown
Seribner's Magazine'0. Hero in clear, swift
portraiture Miss Brown has caught the
pitt OF America, youthful and eager, living
dangerously and happily, and prepared to
ace danger, and, if necessary, seek it,
buster is study of the typical young
american who finds himself at last as an
AVIATOR in France. No story could better
interpret our spirit to the English and
french imagination.
!. "rhe Sorry Tale Of Hennery x. Lunk,"
WELLS Parker Butler( "Harpcr's Magazine").
aus tale Of q mournful mariner ashore on
US US banks of the Mississippi would have de-
'sased Mark Twain. hope MIR. Butler will
'0'slye me if I state that it contains more
WHY than prose. But, after all, mournful
FARMERS come and so. while their stories
% on forever
9. The Black Pearl" by katherine Sat
= t'Atlantic MonthIy"). This story, redo.
su' OF the East, is an admirable study in
".a0sphere. 1t has all the nostalgia Of
sio'gotten dream. and yet it is SO con-
'su'iy set forth that we may enter its
'eSground without difficulty. Style is not
S0"mon quality, I regret to say, in Amer
~ soor stories, but the picture portrayed
Inc Black PEARL Is wellnigh Aawlcss.
Some Ladies and Jurgen, By James
.aea labe'l ("Smart Sst"), is wilfui ap-
~. s.s OF poets ard their wives which will
sn' the thoughtful while disappointing
=. :. serious. 1t s really prose poem with
- any moral whateycr. unless perhaps the
!. 'a' Miss Quincy once pointed out when
- sa'o that tall talk always reminded her
- -. ,,e himalayas. commend the fable
:" all vould-be poets.
~. me Callowsmith," by Irwin S. Cobb
...a -oSory wecklyr). This story, which
-. great departure from Mr.. Cobb's
!, se'n' is one Of the most grim stories
{. ""sf'can magazine has ever published,
a., " - mastery portrait Of a protest.
&, asnsman which the reader cannot Gag
In 'sssss. With vivid completeness OF de
sss. sAe characterization which 10 admirably
sssavs' hr. Cobb manages the situation
sx;..x sh wz2 that itg conclusion is in
a'e' yet unexpected,
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90. a. lsham's,' by edward {. Nenablc
f"Scribner's Magazne''). The zest of this
story consists i'll the intellectual subtlety OF
mental conflict, It contrasts the charactcrs
OF several habitues of New York cafe
who form little group each night for end
less discussion. The value of the stor.
rests in the manner in which events bring
out variations in character, and the solu
ton Of the story is as absorbing as
chess problem
81. "Dc- Vima1te's Luck" c'Harper's
Nasa2;re'), and SO, "Huntington's Credit"
("Harper's Magazine"), By Mary Heaton
Worse. In these tuo stories there is ii
marked contrast Of subject matter "Do
Niimarte's Luck" is a study of the art;stic
temperament, with fine ironies keenly por-
trs3ed. The war provides the story With
solution which reveals the finer grain. lin
"Huntington's Credit" we have a study in
suppressed desires, very quietly told, With
poignancy sof,ened somehow by the quality
Of character. In these tno stories Mary
Heaton Worse ha. given Us the best ,rors
written By her in the las. four years.
90. "Thc White Battalion" by France
G;lchrist Wood 1.-THE Bookmanr) Here Is
She las: OF the fine supernatural legends in
spired during tie past year By the Greas
War. 1.-THE White Battalion" Of the dcao
which fights OF the side Of the Allies ,s
comparable to the marching host seen b.;
Harrison Rhodes in Extra Men" but there
Is an elan in this story which suggests
deeper spiritual background
60. "Thc House Of Morphy,' By John sc3-
n1our Wood ("Scribner's Magazine'o. This
legend Of old New Orleans has the romantic
glow OF Mr.. Cables best novels, linked to
a we'll Developed plot with fine quality OF
logical surprise. II ID ono of the bes;
stories written by fastidious artiet Of the
old school who appears seldom in our mag
tzines, and always with the finest substance
that he can give.
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81 ~ IN. MAN ELL, WHO mas DeCn
MI playing "Richelieu" at the For
A ~ ty-fourth Street Theatre, i:
credited with the belief that
Buiwel's archaic drama ought to have
pointed appeal now, because the Cardi-
er Richelieu really cared for France may
not be Il mooted question; he did, Il is
true, get a good deal Of pleasure out OF
playing around with his country's
destiny. But it may be hoped that Mr..
Mantell had better reason in logic
than that for believing the public would
take to his play.
In truth, going to see "Richeleu" now
is one Of the most astonishing expert
ences to be met with in the theatre. In
stead of the rather tiresome puppet show
that might reasonably be expected out
Of such stuff, Mr.. Mantell shrewdly con-
fronts us with cardinal who passes out
of the picture into life. Tree, for all his
trickery, was able to make Wolsey
proud and tragic man, little terrible in
his downfall, even if the actor did not
have tho imagination to put grandeur
into it. But Sir Herbert had Shakes
peare to his aid. while Mr.. Mantel is
not so daring an actor and must,
moreover, make way against the empti-
ness and rumble humble Of the unimagi-
native Bulwer After all, there is only one
thing for Mr.. Mantell to do with Richie
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81, Even &c." by Charles Boardman
Halves (The Bcllman) The art OF Mr..
HAYES has developed so quietly during the
past few years that it has not attracted the
attention it richly deserves. This study Of
life and death many years ago in the South
Seas recaptures much of the magic Of
the old sailing ship days when the Helen Of
Troy and other American clippers came
bravely into port. The story has a Hne
legendary quality.
%. "Deca," By Ben Hecht {Little Re-
view. When Mr.. Hecht published Life
in the Little Review some lew years ago,
predicted that the future would reveal tie
.fplflment Of his remarkable promise, al
though I was not quite sure whether Mr..
'Hecht would find himself most fully in the
short story or in the novel. During these
years, his output has been small but distn-
euished, and the present study OF Chicago
life shows marked advance in technique.
Nevertheless now think that the novel rs
Mr.. Hecht's natural vehicle, and that when
his first novel appears it will create pro-
found literary impression.
%. "Their War" By Hetty Hemenway,
(Atlantic Monthly. When Miss Hemenway
puoIlSHcu TOUT OayS IN the Atlantic
Monthly last year it created more discus
sion than any other war story Of the year
Her new story, which is in as quie. a Key,
represents an advance in her art, and the
two stories taken together represent one
Of the few important contributions America
has made TO the imaginative literature Of
the war. The war has taught us that youth
is old enough, under the stress Of events
to speak for itself, and there is brave
frankness about Mrs. Richards exposition
Of this truth which brings it home to ALL
"a. "At The Back OF God Speed" by Ru-
pert Hughes (Hearst's Maeasine). Three
years ago Mr. Hughes published in the
Metropolitan Magazine two stories which
were as fine in their way as the best Of
Irwin Cobb's humorous stories. In "Michael-
ccnl Michaelswn!" and "Sent for OUT
Mr. Hughes depicted with his vopted kind
Illness and pathos the first generation Of
euccessfni irish Immigrants "At the Back
Of God Speed" now completes tho series
which form ~ whole tho most faithful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
A Rising Quality of Legend in This
Years Work and Its Hope
full Promise

this story 70 DC the most distinguished IN
the series CT imaginary American portraits
that Mr.. 0'Higyins has been publishing dur
ing the past t7yo years. These studies aim
to take as a starting point the lives Of men
and women successful in many different
fields and to depict in each case the thing
which may have seemed perfectly trivial a.
the time, but which actually proved to be the
turning point in their careers. /. is such
AT incident in the life Of successful rom
snsic novelist which M oHigsins por.rsys
in this story.
81. "rhe SecondRates," by James OPP
brilliant study Of artistic temperament, Mr.
Oppenheim pyotrays the spiritual struggle
OF an artist in such way as to reveal the
finer grain. The author has been clearly
Influenced by Henry James, but the texture
OF this story is little loosely woven.
3s. Unto Each His Crown by Norma
Patterson The Booknian'p. This nelvousiy
written study Of death III bstslc and the
discovery It awakened is the work OF new
writer who should have a brilliant future,
if my judgment does not betray me. Like
Aisa MoseleyS story, II is a STUDY IN the
supernatural Implications OF the war. There
is proud JOY in it which the reader will
find infectious.
so. "His escape by Will Payne (Satur-
day Evening Post). l regard this as the
best newspaper story published in America
since "The Stolen Story" Il has quick
dramatic action, Well stressed conflict,
clean cut cha ~acteriyStion and a tAoronsh ~
adequate conclusion. II the style is some
what staccato, this is perhaps in harmony
With the character Of the story.
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40. The Toast to FortyFive." by William
Dudley Pellcy (Pistoral Review Mr.
Peiley has the human touch" His stories
Of Paris, VI, have honlely quality
which never ovcrstrcsscs the emotional
values, even when it almost seems ss if the
author were going to sent.rrentalizc it. No
work could4hc more indigenous to the soil.
Its very roughncssce are product of en-
vironnaent. Though Mr.. Pellcy yet en-
tirciy lacks style, there is driving force
within him which should finally shape
personal style in nluc,l the came manner as
ray be observed in the evolution Of Irwin S.
Co5b's best work.
H. "Ihc Poet by Lawrence Perry. Har-
per's aiagasincp. This story is study in
courage similar in quality TO "A Certain
Hic: Man." which published last year in
"Tlc Best Short Stories Of 1917" 1t is
ve.y deliberately built up as literary
problem, but with unquestionablc artistic
sincerity. 1t would have been easy TO key
this story too tightly from an emotional
point Of view, bu* Mr.. Pcrry's feeling in the
matter has been sure.
A. Green Umbrellas" by Lucy
Pratt pictorial Review. Symbolism is
woven into this story Is nlodcstly as in
The Sun-Chaser," b. Jeanette MARKS,
which appeared in the same magazine dur
ing 1916. Miss Pratt mas abandoned her
negro character stories for the time being
and written about little boy who brings
his parents together. It is slightly senti-
mcutalized, and this is 3 weakness which
the other excellent qualities Of the story
largely cancel.
43. David and Jonathan by Mary
B1ccht .Pulver (Nother's laeazine). This
idyl OF boyhood friendship, which may not
have come 20 the attention Of many readers
Las interested me a. much as Roland Per
twce's notable story Of adolescence, cu-
titled "Red and White" 1t is study in
oyatlcs seen from boys point CT view,
mirroring az it does, later, If no firncr,
loya!.ie5 Of men and women.
AZ. Tho Sixth Man BY George Palmer
Putnam (Ladies' Home Journal. II is
claimed By the author Of Ais story that it
is based on fact. Whether this is go or rot
it is all interesting study OF possible bis
toricai situation woven around the death Of
Edith Cavell. II seems to rae made story
rather than told story, but granting this
weakness, which i,as not been sufficiently
covered. it is noteworthy in its way.
40 Extra Men," by Harrison Rhodes
(Hayper's MagaZine). This story is an in
stance OF atmosphere perfectly realized in
brief compass. But it is more than that
1t is new legend for American literature
fairly comparable to Irving's Grip Van
Wrinkle" and Hawthorne's 1.-THE Gray Cham
n;o7n in IFS nortrsit,rre of V'ashinoton and
al the armies o. the American dead sail
ing for France With the American troop
ships IN the morning
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this as one o. tie Two best short stories
Of the year, though in saying so wish TO
put forward no more than a personal ju6s
rent. The character whom Mrs. Springer
has created is unlike any other in Amer
lean fiction, and yet III his n,odesty, etiici
cncy and se1sitivenesS most naturs |
American character There are many 6it
ferent passions for perfection among n,er.
mos. OF them secret, and OF those | thint
that the passion OF Corey is not the less
noble.
80. The Dark Hour Atlantic Monthly D..
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Best Sixty American Short Stories of 1918
As the Field of Short Fiction Has Felt
the Impetus of the
War

year as one OF the twenty best stories Of
1917. Unlike most seuueIs, IL IS norhans
better than its predecessor, and the mastery
OF his art which Mr. Dobie shows only
serves to confirm my prediction OF two
years ago that in Mr.. Dobie America would
find before long one Of its four or five best
snort story writer's. An adventurous pub.
I'she:, anxious to issue the best that is be-
ing written in american fiction, cannot az
ford to neglect Mr. Dobie.
T.. The Emerald of Tamerlane," by Ii.
G. Dwight and John Taylor Century Mag
azinU. Every discriminating reader knows
RI. G. Dwight's book of short stories entitled
STEAMBOAT Nights" and adinres its quality
Of romantic mystery and poetic description.
1.-THE Emerald Of Tamerlane" admirably sus-
tains Mr.. Dwght's reputation for vivid
realization OF Persian life.
10. "BIind Yision," by Mary Mitchell
Freddy Century Magazine,. This story
by S. Weir MiteheIls granddaughter marks
not only Mls. Freedlcy's fret appearance in
print, but the arrival Of remarkable new
talent. II is study of an American avi-
ator and spiritual problem that he had
to decide, and is set down with exceptional
"ie'oe'S cSofoHiy..
ID. "Thc Irish Of It." BY Cornelia Th,oop
Geer (Atlantic Monthly. This little study,
which is hardly more than a dialogue, ie
inimitable in its deft humorous characteri-
cation. 1t is good news to be able to report
that Miss Gccr is planning volume Of
stories about these Irish boys and girls
whose poetry Of thought and action is so
coaxing.
Is. Imagination, by Gordon Hall &C.
rould (Scrbner'a Magazine). Captain &C.
rould has taken his subject quietly and
handled it with thoughtful sense Of it's
possibilities. This study Of successful
writer OF best sellers, with his cgregious
socmnity and lack OF imagination, is dc.
lightfully rendered. The subtlesy OF the
, authors psychology will not blind the read
er to its csscntia! truth
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One Of the most satisfactory aspects
of the years work is that American
writer's are beginning to give US stories
Of quality which makes for the creation
OF tradition. Here is the beginning Of
the disable past, whose necessity for US
hr. Van Wyck Brooks has lately pointed
out Over and over again have found it
necessary TO call attention to the legend
airy quality of story, and this is dis
tlnctly new phase in our modern Amer
lean literature. Is it possible to. hone
that the impetus which the war has
given us in this respect may prove new
point Of departure on a more hopeful
road | like to think so.
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l6. "Marchpsnc," by Katharine Fullerton
Gerould (Harpers Magsvinc>. Mrs. &C.
sould has published only one short story
this year, but fortunately it ranks among
her best. 1t is written with ali her usual
close observation OF abnormal psycholocical
situations. The art Of few stories ss con.
ccaled SO successfully, and the story is one
of which Henry James would have been
proud.
H.. ''ln lfaumain Fever Ward" By George
Gilbert This story, which appeared in
. Chicago magazine, is the first of an unusual
series Of stories dealing with East Indian
life. 1t 10 full OF wild poetry Of speech
and action, set against background Of a.
most oppressive natural beauty. think
that the story would have gained by little
more reticence, but the, groundwork is firm
and the detail admirably rendered.
Is. beloved Husband (Harper's Maya
xine) and 10. "Poor Ed (The Liberator),
by Susan Glaspell. Susan Glasrell has al
ready won high reputation in three equal
ly difficult fields, those Of the novel, the
drama, and the short story. Considering
her as short story writer only, we may
say that these two stories reflect the hes:
that che has done, with the possible ex-
ception OF the story, entitled "a Jury Of
Her Peers, which l reprinted in "Thc Best
Short Stories Of 1917" Both are studies in
suppressed ambition, set forth with gentle
| humor which does not fail by virtue of over
stress. Susan Glaspell is at her best in
poor Ed" study in the triumph of fail
ure.
20. "Sinjinn Surviving by Armstead G..
| Gordon (Harper's Magazine> This story is
one more addition to Mr.. Gordon's studies
OF Virginia negro plantation life. It in.
PRODUCES us once moro to O,nmirandy and
Uncle Jonas, and is quiet idyl OF the life
that survived in Virginia after the fall Of
the Confcdcracy.
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sslt I. ans opao Window" by Charles cald-
n & ss ~ 'harper's Msgaxlns''), 10 . So
b lapshtsf' whieh published last
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BY Ralph Block

n. MANTELL, who has been
playing "Richelieu" at the For
= ty-fourth Street Theatre. i:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-05
3ARRESTS FOR
PLOT TOSTEAL
NAVY MILLIONS
Vouchers for Imaginary
Ship Repairs Said to
= Be Manipulated.

Evidence that points to a plot to
defraud the government Of the United
States out of millions of dollars on
ship repairing contracts has been I'M
covered by agents of the Department
of Justice. it was disclosed late last
night.
Three men have already been ar
rested-one in the Navy Department
here. one at Camp Meigs, a private,
and another at Richmond. Other ar
rests are expected hourly.
One of the suspects. Department Of
Justice men allege. has already con-
fessed.
According to a copy Of the COM
plaint on which a search warrant
was issued to obtain certain eorre-
spondence in the home Of the Rich
mond man, the sepcihc offense is a
conspiracy to ''defraud the United
States of America of the sum of $751;
OS.04." by manipulating government
vouchers so as to obtain money for
imaginary repairs on nonexistent
ships.
1t is understood, however, that the
alleged cospiracy contemplated the
embezzlement Of more than $1,000, 900.
Names Of ThoJe Arrested.
The three men arrested are CLYDE
Waltman. employe of the Navy De-
partment in Washington; Benjamin
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