New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Books
By Haywood Broun

= OR a time remained not cn.,r.,-
convinced OF all the uiqul.ics attrib-
uted to the Bosheviki. but one Of tho
charges leveed against them By Arthur
Ransome. friendly observer, in Ms book
"Russia IN 1919 Huebsch compels u. -
believe the worst
"1here can be no question about tho b4-.
ger OF the people of Moscow" ne v.ri,e,
"but the theatres arc crowded aud there
such demand for sea;s ths- speculate.
acquire tickets in the legitimate way and sell
them iIlicity near the doors o. Inc theatre
to people who nave not bcen abb to get .s.
charging, Of course, double The price or ese,
more
Il had rather grim talk v.h Ne.it.
cherakov at dinner. writes Rau-ome Some.
how j. wosld seem fitting tha. one 70 3 ...t5
. man named Neshtcherakor shosa n,
rather grim. We can hardly picture an3bosy
approaching him with "How's every nrle
thing. Nesh,cheriakov Have vou beari .5s
one about the widow and the lrishman and
the Ford carr
Most Of Us are inclined 70 believe that any
political or economic scheme VIII be resoa.-
tionary in effect. People speak sbo4i "a
Plumb plan as If i were sure 90 bring abar.
heaven or hell II j. not aiDa,s so
Ransome made some Investigations as .,
what effect the naturalization of aastry
bad had upon the prodrctu-itv of ab.-
Well" said one Of chs former c....sI.st.
"wc thought that when the faz.ars tas s
their own hands they would work H-'t... ba-
we do not think they do 90. no' ne ,al.g.
anyhow"
DO they work worse? o. Ransome asked.
NO, that l. not noticeable. oitret'
We are rather Of the opinion thl. vhe,
the last trumpet sounds and wc OH -ei ao %
look around VIII not dnd thing .esy d.
fcrent. That il. not notccahiy
One Of the mos annoying tersrn.rs =
the work Of good many young n.f
the trick of telling the reader o,rrsfs.rg be
needs to know by more or Jess fni -.e- y
ods, and then in sudden PAM. To-
may not understand after .H. nafs
the Information with a eac
We havc in mind paraerann s..s
Vile Vests new novel "Ncrt4ee norar..
With great s.ill Tho author dfaa ef a. fh,
picture Of very old Aom4n. ones a ,,ans
dancer who by -tranee ficHt
stance IS living IN small fn
house The Old woman newer ..c.. and
seemingly never hcaHs a1t,i f- tea r.
going on around about her I'm fsl'. ffe only
evidence that shc IS alive cetln.
industry ia roa. ting cnrs'n4i arf n..r-
them out OF the src with the tong tr-s
arc done. And then aramnte .hHe accar.
which We. describe "a foloe
"A / went forward the orac}
nut broke the utter ''ross of t'e r,rr 7
waited Tor her to pick If oet or il.r sra.-
with the tongs, su. .hc d.. aa' .aas
softly round her char and ...a
ing for her 20 notice ..e. .. hsa ..a fha
Ponnistans do Wh-n saes d.l h .o
sfartle her. Indeed ins a.d 'f
she that though, .n1ien fr-lt
sh-ttct her. 700 loud
lar..
81 looked aoro ~ tr ,Is
Aar. and .srn saw that flry e.f. ..r
t's ck aeu, down. The, perr f.fr. .a
....o fran,, as cndess. sal1.a r.0H
oe,r nae dropped o. o
.tared a.e thc old eoaan- IHea
7ts 60 D. an c>s..' a. r'
'eraeranr. bo. Vet doc. Ho' aste
,herc. ic nid just a. II hc vcse
a surprising oicce of i0fornaf f.o' naH
dead
We remember -omeehal
graph In "Thc ral,cr. in which n.f ,ar.
son GoodraN .ecut 10 great ae-
scribe the heavy brca'nne g.. e.a
lazy on the ground aud tar r.nr
and hen wrote. mpalftes "na
dron1
After an a4thor hse .enp.. al
ihc .ympiom $50 Hoia ths.
necessary fof h'n fo add .a..a eas
crate >unte en. .n .t yaf
seareA
"fhc Hcrnre h the e4. Hs
shs be+f hrst noecl ne hs1o ,a0e. ss
season
A. inc bAi way mate o'
the foeer bg Anthony uar. Arae
Ne and ouisciso. qulir. r.ai a
mystery presented aad ahN.l.
hou j. an comes oat
gene Hone has eerfsnA 04faIsI
rendahlc theme eifh d kreH r..
OF eeN aoeIss3 n.,.f0.. .IN H..4
touch ef pleasanf eatI... fa.i
every ore 'haf he n~ei aet ..ie 1
TOO seriously
'Arl 'ouhei inrt leases
solved n hIs noteI "lhr Haaar| ts.
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