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New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
MARTIN s'cIuler" Novel
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Martin Eehuee' represents curl
eus departure in English nuvel writing
Nut because u nbahdons the English
scene and the Interpretation Of English
life FOR that of Germany and the ana
lytical study Of 1eutonic genius but
because 1t represents a complete sat
uration in Continental thought and
feeling. If this book is the result of
the merging of England with Europe
through the war, then the richly fla
vored insuarity which was the peculiar
spirit of the English novel is passing.
The inland current has flowed out to
meet the Continental sea aud the Vic
torlan tradition is left bleaching on the
sands
1t is difficult to believe that the
author, Romer Wilson, is an English
woman. There is the alternate awk-
wardness and inspired freshness in the
use of words that one finds in the
English of cultivated foreigner. This
awkwardness, however. is largely ilu-
sorry, because in the larger moments of
the book her expression becomes amaz-
ingly elastic and finely shaded. But less
English in character than that is the
mood Of her comprehension of her sub
Ject Martin Schuler" is put down with
the stark brutality that one sees in
ultra modern European paintings, and
TINS brutality has an imagination com
pelling quality of its own.
AS youth in Heidelberg, filled with
stlrriNgs of power that shuttle him
between animal eXuberance and lyrical
ecstasy, he has an amazing actualitv.
Through the arc of his DEVELOPMENT
this actuality is maintained in greater
or less degree. His ruthlessness and
egotlsm are justified by the aura of
power which surrounds him. Of the
three women who love him, the woman
who is least significant to him holds
him longest. He achieves great success
as composer of light opera and be-
comes a sophisticated wording. On
the eve OF his success a revulsion at
'he quality of this success seizes him
and he fiees to the Schwarzwald. where
IN hermit like seclusion he works out
one OF the inspirations OF his youth,
and IN accomplishing a really great
piece OF work finally ACHE yes a humil-
ity of spirit
Novels about genius are difficult to
appralse; The tormenting delicacv of
Jean Christopher and the Teutonic
ruthlessness of Martin Schuler" alike
nave the same overstressed quality.
But the quality of Romer Wilson'S
acute perceptions is unmistakable. Who
is she, and what are her trial FIGHTS
that TINS first one is so sustained and
high We await her next one with in
tereSt.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Stage Heroes Don KHAKI

believe the play rides on the crest of
contemporary motives and impulses"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Deeds of daring and of action have
enlivened many of the war books, but
"Our First Ten Thousand" by Ser
seant Chester jerks. suggests one
scene which we found more thrilling
shan any of the rest. The sergeant be-
gins while he and HIS unit are still in
Paris, and writes: But the st. Anne
did not prove to be very permanent
resting place, for one day at the end of
August We heard rumors that head
quarters were to be moved nearer the
front. At any rate. q soldier is
always prepared for anything. and in
this case the rumor proved to be true,
for on the 9th we were ordered TO
sack up our typewriters and household
lrniture and prepare fer d move
We want 20 emphasize to the best
Of our ability that Twelve Men" is
= fine hook, and ye. we wish that
Mr.. Dresser wouldn't hammer home
points with "G)".
HEYWOOD BROUN.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
The New Era in Poetry
untermeyer Justifies the Trend Awav
From Lutes and Nymphs and Sedges

TIE NEW ERA IN AMERICAN POETRY.
fif louis tntetme3er Henry lgult &
,s. s. net
ioeIa have shed many things now
e'heg than their locks and their deli
eaIs air II rs the fashion now for h
pes. ta be somethlng ST a menhendleg,
. seusnNset hlpWsy and tul al gieb
eammpN humanity 10 his mere pAysieai
Manifestations. Bus ~ 1pee mueh
asepss lhan that Nal ipr nothing
aees tns iesenA ps Aliaa Amy lnNeil
pNa hsl hnafi hlaNb ilaNHuHa pqisist
IA iir hf-t NrtstfYna uitalpa The
paais hafH hren llAAiuF thrmsalAea uf
! eNNi many Inns haifad inas As Nnl
Hhsta a'n np lnnRpt nut mntn Nrmpba
pH NeNit 'itu' hant4 af seARns 90
iNise. hn pNats hNFa MpllnutiY
8, thsmsahus te Chs Iuh " hnAiHg
heauis NNH n'fs 'hNAehls "a Che enm
HpH lFiNts 'rnNHaheui
lhis rr 'hp fapp nF "a Ia Tbs theme
81 louie iniptmetuf ~ mIhp NeN tta
~ tweiirah irWft.N enp sc thn fuA
stimulating nrA iNlellthla hunhs en q
litine aesthetic movement that ean hp
found in 'he mnss ur thrice -phptspd
argument ihaf comes With vpntv rs,su.
sars What Is most singular about this
book what IS Che very proof Of its n,-
grmant is that II is written hv "a poet
hn less skil'ul. at least If not as oriv-
inaL as the best of those TINT nrn
characterized i'm his criticism. The dnv
when q poet could hide away in the
ifory tower Of his oNn perfection Is
gone Louis Untermeyer. the poet
turned critic. is as elastic aud direct
a ~ "a lis- ltttI,
nance OF to-days reality as any Of
the poets he measures by that stand
ard in his book
This is frankly personal venture
among semi and emerged masterpieces
and as such it leaves the critic open
al every point to the onslaught of cor
seryatives who look with dismav at
his impiety before the various sacred
affairs. Mr.. Unterneyer is frankly
no, n strategist trying at all costs to
hold ms reputation untarnished in
the temples; he is man who wants
70 express his feelings about some
things and does it. No honest critic
does any more than that There is
something pleasant and healthful
after so much recent sound and fury
about Lowell to turn from the derived
poetrles of James Russell to the Gre
ated beauties of Amy. But she is only
o''. VI uO"eHS, llSt tnat runs so
vide gamut as from Robert Frost
and Edwin Arlington Robinson.
through James Oppenheim, Vachel
lindsay. Carl Sandburg and Masters
to Sara Teasdale and then on to Ezra
Pound, H. D. and the Imagists. All
o. them, says Mr.. Untermeyer. have
plowed up the old soil of poetic ex-
preston in some personal fashion and
found fresh, vigorous beauties under
meath.
The innovators are not let off free
Of meas -rement. The Imagists. he
sec. are always in danger of being
caught in new formula that will
stale as quickly as the old. However.
his depreciation Of Conrad Aiken, be-
cause to the critic Aiken seems to be
writing too much out Of the sickly
pos. IS unjustitied and severe. After
all, poet ought not be limited mere
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

About a Column

This column Is intended as medium
for short or fairly short paragraphs
about books. 1t probably will appear
almost every Saturday The only dis
tlnctiye thing about the column is that
We intend TO pay our contributors. Any
body who sends US a paragraph or
poem or novel which We can use
is entitled to come down to room a2a
Of The Tribune Building and pick out
a hook from the read case, At leaat,
Shat = or present plan. Finger prints
are Hot required win contributions
ar eoug4e- lAere ege aAussgs Some
sHafnihs uf othrg Na may fpesiVe
Fslpf - Whish Ne Wil hNd 'la John
hend's 'leu lays lAat shapk ths Nptai
RNNi y NNNshl iu iAat rcd lieaAl
Hsetsase nf Ahish lpu afe speakNa
Is NJ q
i'his paragraph pi he hut,led nl.
MeliAtaiY tu tue eumpn8ius tnnm and
" aprsAi ~ s4m eu tNu fulpNMe
aaisFHaf teitF un AleNah4 mnphinl
Ne san picture ihn entrance w rlauai
blp ana Apii dressed eiiahHef vino Nii
s1lHa'h ~ "a, ~ - in thr NaN NNu
iAph tfpul's baeAsf NhptlAWu hD elI
select fpus ~ Hfp feinmes 81 lhe un-
ettlrrpAis ana ee rui 81 te uAiekls
swallowed np lN shs hNsiline crowd
Tho .he2t dag we meg md that he
vasn't X 81 Il - aif. lsi merely 8
elevet iinrasiJr And set Ve nle rre-
pared tu faee these rsks. we are dis
tincty il faysf Of anything that may
tend tc make book reviewing exciting.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
By Haywood Broun

There would be no need Of biograph-
ers if the letter writing habit were
common A man gives himself more
freely and truly in this form than in
an autobiography, even, because in
most CAGES he writes unconscious of
the fact that type is ahead of him.
Harry James Smith was evidently
likable man of good education and
sound judgment who had a talent for
fiction and the drama, but his letters
would have no interest outside the
circle of his acquaintance if it were
not for the fact that in 1906 he was
on the editorial staff of "The Atlantic
Monthly" and in 1918 he wrote "The
Little Teacher This is an adventure
more enhancing than life on the Span
ish Main, this journey of a literary
young man through the Harvard Grad
uate School, through The Atlantic
Monthly' and upward and onward
until he writes a popular play for
Mary Ryan.
There are gaps in the letters, to be
sure, but it is possible to trace the
progress of the author from his early
days when he grows enthusiastic over
a favorable review of his novel in "The
Nation" to much later date when he
writes with equal satisfaction to
friend that Charles NJ. Schwab liked
"a Tailor Made Man
We do not mean to imply that there
was anything reprehensible in the
progress of Harry James Smith. In fact
there is no indication that he ever
realized the process OF adaptation
through which he was putting his lit
erary wares. Still less was it tragic
since it seems probable that his gift
for writing was no more than nice
talent. 1t is amusing, however, to note
Smiths reaction to "Shore Acres in
1910, when he "marvelled to see how
all its rusty, dilapidated machinery of
laughs and tears could still be effec-
tive with second class audience" and
how he justified his own Little Teach
er" with the explanation: The Little
Teacher by the way, is not for the
jeune file. prominently You would
be interested to see the makeup of the
audiences, mostly hotel people, rather
smart and worldly, but touched some
how, with the desire to love simple
tale simply told. They do love it
and I love them FOR loving it because
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

A man we have come TO like is the
German spy. H. is so helpless that
he touches our sympathies. We have
been meeting him all season in plays
and in novels. When book or play
begins with some character saying
over secret telephone: This is K one
hundred and ninety-two and a half;
ia gut." We know that something
terrible is going to happen to that
man in the last act or the last chapter.
He is a part, we perceive, of the
marvellously efficient system of Ten
tonic espionage, and he will presently
be foiled, checked and exposed by some
little whipper snapper of heroine
who will discover all his plots through
woman's intuition.
We also feel sorry for the spy when
he is killed or led away to jail in the
last chapter or act because he never
did anybody any harm. OF course he
has plotted all sorts Of things, but,
bless your heart, he never blows up
The heroine is always there
to step on his bombs and pick the
precious documents out of his pockets
when he isn't looking. In fiction and
in drama the German spy is the very
dachshund of underdogs.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

The Social Secretary" by Elizabeth
Myers, published by Brentanos, is as
exciting as travel book 1t opened
up new lands to US. We thrilled to
learn that the average town house
should include the following staff:
Butler, first footman, second footman
sometimes a third or even fourth foot
mani; parlor maid, one or two house
maids, laundress, second laundress,
cook or chef, second cook or chef.
scullery maid, one or two useful men
chauffeur cone or more, according to
the number of cars used), lady's maid.
nurse and second nurse depending
upon the number of children), nursery
governess and tutor.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
BY Geofrey Parsons

GROWING PAINS. By Jean Starr
e"leImeyer lt PIP. Il. W Heuhseh
4AeFs are many essential praises to
~ s'EeH Afa' tnteFmeyer's volume 1t
- s'tHast ANi on steady merit either
~ eutAui mas fnthlessly excluded her
4H4lutta or Hhe wrtes aparinulv and
after Fleld Helf,ertleiam. There is fns
sp''lt 90 a tFua artist th4oughuut Tic
devotion "a huAulY ta the paffeet
FN'Anas' "a evident Written almost
NNslly "a tfrs llhfe every pege shoWA
we hAha ~ the eanselpuii0u4 artist.
cumming Hhsp'nR, ellRhtne unlhine
" 10 stttn sAusp dat Mrs Natn.
WhftF se'pHs, and her uarl ought Ia
ts lat tu convince thasu douhtnrs Win
eea pers iltre ae the lazy mania rand
NNf Nn lr nel ihinL thu ,nusn sueeunds
lhfpnlNi 80 wat thn Writar has faUud
hrF 'fne eAriessinn. Mss Amy iopeil.
hWeht ethe' e&npllenf critics, has
ttalsaa 'he Wefs hehiN aA fui nf .
el'Nllt eN'l nWHst sfufn sphilment, a
no sheNiht % "siWlls .umrlaiehuss ~
originality - rh,heu, ahi fup hutn6
puet1 uf nsbsululelA disset sressh Il
81 "suifused ana heirhipnnd" ihot IL
htfnlna "high distinction" rhn stefn
sentiment is uhuuestiunaly behind tho
poems, there are excellent and uririnel
phrases hut .ee cannot feel the sur.
fusion or heiehteninr. It Is pfeciselv
there that Miss 1'ntermeyer seems to
us to feil. Miss Lowell singles out for
special prnise "Autumn.' with its
wind picture of an old yard with
catsup bottle bubblng in the middle
of it. "Nerhacren's Flemish genre
pictures are no better" There is "A
catalogue Of vegetables and sundry
household operations; there is an oc-
casional metaphor to help; there is a
central figure to unity the pictures at
the end. But the scene lives not at
all. Catalogues can be noctrv. heaven
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Growing Pains of Artist
Slender Volume of Verse Shows Mrs.
Ontemeyer Careful Worker in Poetry

knoWs, Not even an occasional meta
phoF needed. But there must be
Imagination, an eye for true sgnih-
canoes ANA relations. There must be
the vibrating word and rhythm. And
AsllNeE IN imagination touching the
fisible world nor IN language at all
lpsA Mra, iAteFMeyeg peFauAde as.
lleFa Is eean and eampets nt rhythm
as esfeF4lly made al gny sonnet Nut
~ goes not la Gus car li4e pg auFAss
90 brighton
IN fast, Nc shink Miaa Lowell does
"a iNinatlea Ahd - fAen sefviep ia Mfu
NNtnfWhtns "a psniaiAs thls ahirNtlNa
paeHu 'lt tfua ahleetita pisluN chat
ttANslAin snlars and saNHds And iihna
lHln pntts lhafe spams ga US little
trace. ihefa IS, en tho etheF hand, a
very great emeiien displayed teNard
thought ana hers Nn thhht 10 Wharn
Mfs. ihipfHesel's FutufD ips. itun
lpfn hhf metaphors Nfl nftuA innpi
nteffpaehnF simply heeaNse ST ihlr
aek uf sNuhR relation ga the bnuAu
world tier tiiie, H4feWine Pains Ut
Calls ~ exactly this fashioA Aeeufate
enough ifnh enough ~ }elntiah tn
hef thought but somehow iuu semi-
hisceht of childish rfamps ana the
castot-eil bottle is sield towering ef
thought A keehet sense &c humot
would save N'rs tdtermpyer from
much Of this blundetihg Hut humof
does not dwell happily with SO stern
philosopher as Mrs tntermeyer and
IT. is eaptious to ask the impossible
There is evidence of an interpretive
mind deeply suffused with emotion in
Mrs untermeyer's work, and therein
lies her chance. She should give up
her forced observation of the visible
world, her conscientious interest in
catsup, and write the true stuff of her
mind. Perhaps the result would be
poetry, perhaps it would be philosophy;
it might be both. Her present work.
for all its admirable qualities, comes
perilously near to being neither.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

after that we felt less keenly about
our ignorance. Apparently, a Yash-
max was nothing of much consequence
anyway. But Nihla was still to perplex
Us. she came to a large mixed party
IN her Yashmak and rode all around
the room on the back Of an ostrich.
We could find nothing in the book to
indicate that she didn't have Jolly
and carefree time All this. we thought.
helped to characte. ze Nihla in our
mind. We set her down as an honest
LIBERAL but what was our surprise
when on page "a we found .'She
shrugged; her night-robe slipped and
she drew it over her shoulder with a
quick movement And the man saw
the deep blush spreading over face and
throat"
And this was TIE girl who had
romped about only few pages before
IN nothing but d Yashmak, We tried
to explain and Justify it to ourself
and finally gave up when we remem-
bered how often we had been told
that the psychology of a woman was
much too complex and subtle to be
understood by any man.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Occasionally Theodore Dreiser's sense
OF humor is truly Wilsonian. He first
t tells Joke and then explains it. In
Peter one of the best sketches Of
Twelve Men, he writes: "Apropos Of
this he once told me of vokei Who
never having seen railroad, entered
the station with his wife and children
long before traintime, bought his ticket
ana waited Tor a while, looking out
Ine various windows; then finally re-
turned to the ticket seller and askad
When does this thing start?"
And then Mr. Dresser adds: "Ho
meant the station building itself.o
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

" by matter OF time, and MIR. I'm
1eFmeyeFs own enthusiasm for the
strictly fresh air language Of the
SWefl9An present may become &
formula as much as any other But
on the whole the critic is fair, as
ven as lnelsVe and Illuminating
ANYWAY all the old Jokes about free
Fs'ea hes tettne a llVtle stale, and
1qp people Nho have been dong most
ltbs lb ''a t,o0s sNlt'as ~ en- a, well afford e
have heuu auesfiug ni' After readlnu
tho efuam at II IN oThe hew Efn Ii
American t'ppIrYN lheY will psuhahly
'Hmain 1o pfaisn
RALPH BlnOk
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Working Up to Broadway
Letters Of Harry J. Smith Tell
the Popular Dramatist' Career

or HARRY JAMES SMITH"
With introduction by Juliet Wilbor
Tompkins Published by T{oughton MI
fin Company. 1873 pages. Price So.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

We met Nihla Quelen, The heroine Of
Robert W. Chambers's 'Moonlt Way"
on page Under some what enbarrass-
ing circumstances. "Ihe girl wore abso-
lutely nothing but "A Yashmak," wrote
Mr.. Chambers. 1t was our predicament
rather than that OF Nihla which en-
barassed US. We hadn't am idea in
the world as to what a Yashmak was
Then We found the picture.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

We could not imagine. how so large
a statf could be kept busy until we read
further in the book and found the most
careful and scientific division Of labor.
Here, for instance, are some of the
duties of the second footman, or third
man: This man alternates with the
first footman in attendance on the
door. He cleans the halls, takes care
Of the breakfast and coat room, serves
the children's table, should there be
one, and attends to the dusting of high
places"
We searched the book and could find
nothing definite as to who measured
the high places, and just how high
they must be before they fell to the
lot Of the second footman. After all,
that seems a rather meagre title for
such q man. 1t is hardly fitting for
one who might we'll aspire to sweep
the snow off Mont Blanc, to dust the
seats Of the mighty, and even to polish
the gold bar of heaven at such times
as the blessed damozel was not lean
ing out.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-09-27
AN ORDINANCE

The following ordinance was Of
fered by j. NJ. Smith and duly sec
onded by E. J. Demergue, which
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, under the contract of the
Hibernia Bank & Trust Company, of
New Orleans, Louisiana, for the pur-
chase of the $750,000.OO st. Tam
many Parish, Louisiana, Road Bonds,
issued unaer an authority of an cleo
ton held Sin said parish on the 18th
day of Anril, 1919, said bank is en-
titled to become the Fiscal Agent of
the PARISH of St. Tammany for the
deposit OF the funds realized from
the sale Of these bonds, and
Whereas, under and by virtue Of
the authofity given by Section of
Act 205 Of the General Assembly of
the Statei of Louisiana for the year
1912, and by Section of Act 80 of
the General Assembly of Louisiana,
the Extra Session held in the year
1917, the. Police Jury is authorized
to desisnhte said Hibernia Bank &
Trust Company as such Fiscal Agent
for the deposit of the proceeds of
the bonds and the proceeds of the
taxes as collected from time to time
for the sinking fund required to pay
such bonds and interest thereon,
therefore tbe it
Ordained by the Police Jury of the
Parish of St. Tammany, in regular
session assembled, that the Hibernia
Bank {, Trust Company, of New Or
leans, Louisiana, is hereby appointed
and designated the Fiscal Agent of
the Parish of st. Tammany for the
receipt and deposit of the proceeds
of the sale of said bonds and the
taxes collected to provide a sinking
fund for the payment of principal
and interest on said bonds, said
funds 10 BIZ on deposit subject to the
terms Of the bid OF the Hibernia
Bank 4 Trust Company for this bond
issue, which was accepted by this
Police Jury, and upon said Hibernia
Bank & trust Company furnishing
acceptable security in the sum of
100000 in the manner provided by
said Act R05 of 1912.
Unanimously carried.
Covinston, La, Aug. IL, 1919.
J. B. HOWE,
President.
F. ]. MARTINDALE,
Secretary
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-09-27
AN ORDINANCE.

At a special meeting of the Police
Jury held August 20, 1919, the fol
lowing ordinance was adopted:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of St. Iammany Parish, La, That
the Hibernia Bank &c &T&ru&s&
the Hibernia Bank & Trust Com
pany, OF New Orleans, La, fiscal de-
positary for the $750,00O.GO road
bond issue voted April Is. 1919, be
and they are hereby authorized to
establish sub-depositaries in St.
TammaDy Parish of the following
amounts:
Covington Bank & Trust Com
pany, sos, 100000.
Commercial Bank 4 Trust Com
pany, 100000.
Slidell Bank, $2O,00O.O0.
Be it further ordained, That this
ordinance shall take effect from and
after the date of its passage.
Unanimously carried.
Adopted August 20, 1919.
J. B. HOWE,
President.
F. J. MARTINDALE,
Secretary.
A true copy.
f. J. MARTINDALE,
Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-09-27
A RESOLUTION.

On motion of Mr. Smith, seconded
by Mr.. FcHdlason, the following reso,
luton was introduced, voted and
unanimously carried:
Resolved, That the minutes of the
Police jugs meeting of the 18th
day of March, 1919, do not include
all of the roads proposed to be built
by the resolution of that date and
that subsequent resolution promul-
gated in The Farmer with respect to
other ROADS not included, therefore
Be it reSolved, That the minutes OF
said meeting be and the same are
hereby corrected SO as to read as fol-
lows:
Whereas, it is contemplated to
submit the question of a $4,000
road bond issue to the vote of the
people for the purpose of hard sur
facing existing roads and highways
in the Parish of st. Tammany, La,
and !:
Whereas, there are still certain
roads Whica have not heretofore been
built on account of the lack of pro-
vision Of funds, now, therefore
Be it resolved That the following
road building program be adopted
for the year 1919-1920 for which
roads are to be constructed in addi-
ton to those which are now at pres
ent in use:1
St. Tamnlany-Lacombe road.
Middle Road.
Completion of Turnpike road.
Completion of Military Road.
Completion of McDougall Road.
Completion of Lee Road.
Bennett Bridge Road.
Road from Folsom to Bush.
Ben Williams Road.
Lacom5e:to Lake.
Covlngtos to Hammand-T angipa-
hOa Line Eoad.
St. TamIaany- Abita Road.
Hardsurfacing Pearl River road to
slidell. /
HardsurfAcing road to Slidell via
I
Hard5urfacing Columbia Road.
Hardsurfacing Talisheek to Co.
lumbia roaGs
Hardsurfacing Holmesville Road
via Folsom TO Parish Line.
Hardsurfacing- Madisonville-Pon-
chatoula Read.
Hardsurfacing Hammond Coving-
ton Road. /:
HANDWRITING Hammond Coving-
Road.
HANDWRITING Chinchuba to Houl-
Road.
Harlsurfacing Mandeville-Lewis
burg Road.