davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-10-21
.NRIlAlRltulss' WlsIss, - A1e PPd11kiag1nlllk1, 1918.

mojja kuzynka Z Level rek. Vice
ia jej sic WyWdzieczyc mann Y
ten sposob, ze zg1adze ze sWia:
ia ably JED spuscizne zagrabic.
Czyz to djabi nadali.
Zbieg przeklinal ten traf ME
szczesny, kt6rego przewidziec ME
mogf, j rzucI SIG ma krrzeslo,
Ibrzydzac sic sam soba, j zbrod-
MIA, kt6ra popelnic zamierzal
niemajac jednak silly cofniecia
sic pred mia.
PAM Ursula najela zaraz do
r6zke j pojechala 2 Rehata do
magazynu gotoWych ubior6w.
.Spieszno jej BOWEN bylo WYE
cha6 do Paryza, azeby przedsta-
vic Renate notaryuszoWi Z ulicy
pyramid; jednakze cierpliwesc
.jej W%ystaWiona zostala na nnie-
przyjemna probe, DO " magazy-
niegotoWych ubior6W, jedynym
jak istnial " Troyes, ME bylo
ola Renaty zaIobnego ubrania go
toWego; trzeba jej vice bylo "a
movie go i zaczekac caly dzien1
j noe w hotelu.
Renata 2 natury roztropna
Q swej przyszlosci, j jake zmiany
smierc jej opiekuna spowoduje W.
jej po4ozeniu. PostanoWila zapy-
tao sic O to natychmiast PAM Ur-
szuli ME tylko 2 ciekawosci, lie re
takowa nieswiadomosc w1asnych
stosunkow upokarzajaca jej sic
@ godzinie jedenastej
przyniesiono sniadanie. Wielka
odbiera zwykle apetyt, je-
dnakze PAM Ursula zniewoli1a
Renate, ably sic nieco posilila.
Leopold Lanquier oprzytom-
Mai wkr6tce 2 pomieszania jake
ma MIN. widok Renaty sprawl; je|
dzac takze sniadanie, podsiuchi-
wal, co W sasiednim pokoju movie
no. Ale dochodzif go tylko niewy-
rainy sinner g1osow. Pred drzwia
MI proWadzacemi do przyleg}ego
rokoju sta1a umywalnia; Lam
quier odsuna1 ia pc cichu j pa
TRIAL przez dziurke cd klucza.
M6g} widziec jak najlepiej obie-
kobiety. Renata siedzia1a "a
Ursula smutnie spogla-
da}a ma MIA.
- Renato, dziecie kochane,
Ddezwa1a sic pc dfugiej chwili
- ZE-- 49, e--#-eE. l
milczenia4 PAM Ursula czemuz
siedzisz tax cicho niepograzaj|
sic tax W zalu, rozmawiaj lepiej
ze nina.
Mfoda dziewczyna podnios1aI
i zwrocila 1zami zalane o.
:zy Ia sWa toWarzyszke.
- 0 gdybys PAM wiedzia}a jak
;ierpie! Westschnela
- Pojmuje to bardzo dobrze,
- odpowiedziala Ursula j pow
stala ably uca}owac Renate,- ale
1.IdBasBu HzsIeD SBtal
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-10-21
.(Ciag dalszy.)

(Ciag dalszy.)
Dc tego pensyonatu naprze'
ciwko? mruknaf Leopold. -
Vice corka wujaszka Roberta
mialaby sic znajdoac W tym sd.
mym domu, co me naiWne osWo.
bodzicielki? Toby :byi traf szcze.
golny.
Wkr6tce drzwi otworzono i sta.
panic rozleg1o sic pc schodach.
Lanquier navpd tylko ubrany,
pobiegl do okna, ktore pomimo
mrozu otworzyl i wychylif sic, ze-
by drzwi cd sieni zobaczyc. Ur-
szula wyszfa z mich wkr6tce, pre-
szla przez ulice i zadzwonila do
drzwi zakladu PAM Lermitte.
w tel chwili zapukano do jego
drzwi, Leopold zamknal spiesznie
okno, Kelner, ktory go wczodaj
powital, przyszedl dowiedziec sic,
czy sobie czego ME zyczy.
-Jestem znuzony i chory, =
rzekl nieznajomy podr6zny, bede
jad1 sniadanie u sicbie. Prosze mi
tylko dobrze napalic W piecu i
przyniesc gazety.
Opuscmy teraz ia chwile tego
zbrodniarza i spojrzyjmy gdzie-
indziej.
Pc ucieczcie Leopolda policya
sZukala go dla .formy nawet w
zakladzic PAM Ler1nitte i pre-
sluchiwaia te pensyonarki, kt6re
nialy sypialnie polozone naprze-
ciwko wiezienia. Renata i Paul.
ma zezna}y, re ME slyszaly zadne-
90 }oskotu W tel nocy. Posadzac
dwic te Mode panienki o sp0lni-
ctwo z zbrodniarzem, zdawalo sic
smiesznoscia, ale Renata cd owe
60 zasu smutniejsza ~jeszcze by}a
Godzine pred odwiedzinami
PAM Urszuli, m1oda dziewczyna
wstala 16zka zap1akanemi O.
czyma. Paulina tenn zaniepokojo-
Ma, caIujac ja, badala o przyczy-
ne tego nowego smutku.
Me mann w1asciwie zadnego
powodu, - odpoWiedziala Rena-
ia, a jednak dusza moja talk bar
dzo jest rozzalona. Wszyscy jeste
Scic dla mnie tax dobrzy, talk
mnie kochacie moglabym vice Eye
til bardzo %szczesliwie a przeciez
jekies troski i przeczucia bolesne
ciagle ME niepokoja. Zdaje mi sic
koniecznie, re jakies wielkie ME
szczescie ma mnie spotkac nieba-
wen, re sic dowiem czegos bar
do zfego.
-Dziecinna jestes, - zasmia}a
sic Paulina, sciskajqc czule PREY
jaci64ke; ME masz przeciez dis
w~iekszego powodu, niz w inne
dnie do smucenia sic.
-Owszem, mialam dis sen tax
straszliwy.
Sen mara, Bog wiara, cd
powiedzia1a Smiejac sic bolesnie,
Me, wrazef1ie jakiego we
snie dozna1am zbyt bylo gwalto-
wne. Widzialam placzaeych ludzi,
trumne otoczona jarzacemi grom-
nicami, a W niejj leza1 MOI opie-
kun blady z zamknietemi oczy-
ma; .obok trumny kleczala PAM
Urszula W. grubej .zalobie, plaka-
la i modlila sie... Pauline, pre-
czuwam, re pana Roberta spotklsa,
10 jakies nieszczescie. J..
Dziewczyna m6wila 2 wzrasta-
jacym goraczkowym zapalem.
- Me badzze tax eksaltowna
Renato, perswadowala jej
przyjaci61ka.
- Przeciez by}to sen tylko.
% ME by}a to wr6zba, kt6r,a,
przestraszyla ma dusze, ale ME
wiesz j~eszcze wszystkiego. lima
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-10-21

jakas PAM zjawiila sic nagle obol
PAM Urszulii; ma jej widok SERGE
mole bic gWaltowniie zaczelo; je.
tWarz, jej postac tax Wyraznit
Istoja jeszcze dotad pred oezyms
mej duszy, zebym ia zaraz pozna
IA. I ona byla czarno ubrana, u.
klek1a take obok trumny i ida.
WaIa sic b1agacc Q eos umarIego.i
W tenn uinar1y podni6sl sic " tru-
mni,e otWorzyl oczy g1osem, ktd
ry zdaWal sic jakby z innego po-
chodzi1 swiata %powiedzial wolno
te sfowa:
TAX Renata jest twoja corka
Ilecz jej ty ME ujrzysz nigdy.
Paulina ME by1a z%abobonna
vice i W shy ME wierzyla, jed
make ma to opowiadanie przyja-
ci61ki zimne dreszcze p~rzejely ia
Gala.
- Umar}y wym6wil twoje imie
= spytala.
S1ysza1am wyraznie te s1owa,
kt6re eli powt6rzy1am. Potem ME
znajoma podnios1a sic, zakrzyk}a
bolesnie i chciala odejsc, ale sic
zachwia}a i by4aby upad}a gdyby
sic ME by1a opar}a o trumne.... W
tenn zbudzi}am sic, spocona Gala
re strachu i przerazenia. Darem-
nie usi1uje zapomniec 9. tym snie
straszliwym; ciagle widze obroz
tel PAM W za1obie wsparta ma tru
m1iie mego opiekuna.
Renata zamilk4a, Paulina po-
Vr6ci}a wkr6tce do swej zwyk1ej
w%eso1osci.
- Niedorzecznosc wierzyc W
shy, = rzekla. = Gdyby tw6j Q
piekun. by1 umar1, PAM Ursula
uwiadomilaby Gle przeciez 0 TEN
i sprawifaby ci zalobe. Wybij So
bic tie mysli z g1owy i patrz smia-
10 W p~rzyszlosc.
Rcnata otarla oczy i posz}a z
przyjacio1ka IA sniadanie:
Powr6cmy teraz do PAM urszu
Ii. Przybywszy do zak1adu costa
la wprowadzona do salonu, W kt6
rym zwykle byly przyjmowane
osoby odwiedzajace pensyanorki.
PAM Lermitte przybyla wkr6t-
&c.
- Witam pania, - rzek}a, =
nasza Renata ucieszy sic PAM. ME
zmiernie.
.XXXII.
P%rzelozona pensyi wymoWiWszy
te sfowa, spostrzeg}a dopiero ia
lobby ubior i tWarz zasmucona.
swego goscia.
- Wielki Boze! = zawa1afa z
niek}amanem przerazeniem. =
Przebacz PAM! coz sic stalo?
= Przybywam z smutna wiado
moscia, = rzek1a PAM Urszula.-
.Zacny ten czlowiek, opiekun Re
naty p. Robert Vallerand umarl.
-Umarf powt6rzyla " najwie-
kszem podziwiieniu PAM Lermitte.
TAX PAM, umarl nagle, pole
,ca5ace mi, abym PAM zaplacila ma.
lezytosc "a pensya jego pupilki.
Vice Re11ata dom nasz opu-
sci?
Tax faskaWa PAM, l to dzls
,jeszcze.
Biedne dziecie, wszyscy bar
,dzoSmy ja tn kochali, jest ona
bardzo uczciwa j delikatna. Via
domosscc, kt6ra. PAM przywozisz,
bedzie ola niej nader bolesnym
ciosem.
Jednak HE MONA "a utchro=
mic cd tego, trzeba, ably Sic doWie
dzia1a Q SVEN nieszczesciu, spo-
dziewam sic, zze. MOLE szczere przy
wiazanie zdoia ia pocieszye zscza-
SEM.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-10-21

ME uzyteczni, a vice razem wszy
scy do czynu. Mech ME bedzie
AMI gnusnych ami ospalych, ami
wyrodnych Ziew Cd wszystkich
do wszystkich, view cd braci =
die do braci!.....
Ia Komitet ObyWatelski
A.. X. Jankowsk
Sekretarz finansowy.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-10-21

IIeJ IHdfd lylKO pOuS1
mieniem Roberta, zaleg1a jaka'
tejemnica radaby byIa dowie
dice sic tel tajemnicy, lecz ME
chciala ublizyc swej godnosci ia
10 przelozona pensyii zenskkiej, Q
kazywaniiem ciekawosci
Gzy mann uWiadomic Renate
% przybyciu PAM i Q jej odjez
die - zapyta11a.
Badz PAM tax laskawa, lee
pierwej trzeba nam pewno zalat
vic sic zekWesttya .pieniezna pc
tenn smialabym prosic panic, a
bys, ksaza1a upakoWac rzeczy Re.
naty. Przyssle pc ME sIulzacego Z
hote1u; Renata moe " jej ivy.
kIym uboiiorze isc re nina do mia.
sta, abym jej mog}a obrae zalo-
be. Teraz race. mi PAM przyslad
TIL to biedne dziecie lecz ME Wspo
,mmaj mic, re przybylam.
Renata wspierajac glove oby-
dwoma rekami siedziala mad ksia
lzka, ktorej jednakze ME czytala
Ii zadrza1a Widocznie, gdy ujrza-
Ia wscodzaca przelozona.
- Kochane dziecko, gose czeka
ma ciebie W salonie.! - rzek1a la
godnie PAM Lermitte.
Przejeta uczuciem przestra~
chu, majac ciag1e sen 6w W pa
mieci, mloda dziewczyna pQbieg1a
do salonu. Zobaczywszy pania Ur-
szule W za1obie, z oczyma zap}a-
kanemi, poznala cd rrazu jak jej
sic wszystko wysnilo. Jeknela bo-
lesnie i by1aby upad}a, gdyby pa
III Urszula nieby1a pospieszy1a
schwycic ia W objecia.
- All! zawo1ala Renata, sen
sprawdzi1 sic, MOI opiekun umarl
= Poddaj sic wolf Boskiej! ko-
chane dziecie m6wi1a p}aczac
stara kobieta.
= Coz sic teraz re nina stan1e,
bez opieki, bez rodziny! Wyrzek-
la Renata, umarf ten jedyny cz1o
wick, kt6ry mial litosc nademna,
kt6ry sic tax czule nina opieko-
wal a ia go ami pozegnac ME mo-
CLAM! Niemog}am plakac PREY je-
go smierci, ami pomodlic sic mad
.jego trumna
P~rze}ozona p}aka1a z MIA razem.
i uzywa1a tych zwyk4ychf raze-
sow pocieszajacych, kt6re nikogo
prawdziwie smutnego niepocie-
.szy}y.
Masz opuscic zak}ad nasz,
kochane dziecie, - dodala W kon
- Bylo to o%statnis VIOLA tWego
opiekuna, doda1a PAM Urszu-
la.
Vice PAM zabierasz mnie re
lecz dokadze mnie zawie-
ziesz? - zapytala Renata.
- Tam gdzie Gle podlug ostat-
niej wolf twego opiekuna zawiesc
powinnam.
- Ale PAM pozostaniesz przy.
mnie, nieopuscisz mnie przeciez!
= 0 ME, nigdy Gle nieopuszcze /!
- Vice niejestem jednak zupe1
ME opiulszczona ma swiecie.
T m1oda dziewczyna rzucila
sic W objecia Urszuli kt6ra serde
.cznie tulila do siebie.
- A teraz kochane dziecko, O..
Ivy, idz do twego pokoju !
.zabiierz sic, - rzekla PAM Urszu-
la.
l.@.z L..-4-E EsE.#.1 -. =
- Czy jjurlzz ME powr6ce Wcales
jake gossc chlyba, ale JUL ME.
jake pensyonarka.
Nam przyjaci6lke Z lkt6raa
:pozegnac sic music. 4
Przysle tn az ciebiie Pauline,
- odezWala sic PAM Lermitte. Re.
.nata pocalowa1a ia " reke.
- PAM by1as zaWsze tax dobra
.d1a mnie. Zachowam W mem sercu
wdziecznosc ola PAM, dopokad
Eye bede.
- Ia dziewczyna ma anielskie
Iserce, - rzek1a przelozona, skoro
'|lRenata wysz}a ze salonu, ona
tax bardzo zas11uguje ma to, zeby
by1a szczesliwa!
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1919-10-21
imam nadzieje " Bogu,

IdZlafa PAM SUfTSzula.
Renata ubraIa Sic najjciem
niejsza ! sWy1chh sukien, przy czen
Ivy splyway jejj po leach, potenn'
WyjeIa szKatu1ks, u Kt6rej 81.
najjdIopw5a11y Wszyssttkkie jjej skromm
me bii2zzuterye, i pomieddzy MEM:
madaalliio1qnleik zlloty Ia Ia c:zarnej akss
niitese; ten pprl.zzycisn,eH1a do ustm66
Wiac " duchu: po5l1nirno wszel
kiejj bolescii nie zapom1npe 5 tobie
nosze Gle juz Cd tax daWna, ME.
Wiedzac jake wspomniienia wiq.
"a as sic do-ciebie, ty jesttes moja Pc.
ciecha j naadzieja pocaloWa1a
medalionik j wiozyIa
go ia szyje.
Go to jest? - zapytala sa-
ma siebie spostrzeg1szy " kaciku
szkatu1ki pognieciony kaWalek
papieru. - Aha, to list oWego bic
|daka, kt6rego CLOS j spojrzenie
tax mnie przerazaly;;:ma jakies
divine przeczucie, ze ten clio
wick wywrze kiedys 1owroggi
'wplyw ma me zycie; jest to przy-
.kra pc MIN pamiatka, ale .pomi--
mo tego ME zniszcze jej.
Rozg}adzia zlozy4a go umie-
scila W portmonetce W kt6rej
miala kilka biletow stofranko-
wych, kilka luidorow j nieco dro
bnej monety.
XXXIII.
PAM Lermitte posla1a> Pauline,
zeby sic pozegna}a z Renata / po-
tenn powr6cila zn6w baWic pania
Urszule W salonie. Renata opo-
wiedzia1a. W kilku slowach swe,j
przyjaciofce, jake ia n~ieszczescie
spotkalo, obiedwie plakafy wspol
ME i wieczna sobie przysiega1y
przyjazn.
- Ale dokadze udajesz sic te-
raz? - pytafa Paulina wsr6d
strumienia }ez.
= Niewiem sama.
- Moze do Paryza? I
lego bym sobie wcale nnie
zzyczyla, gdyz boje sic Paryza.
= Co tez ty pleciesz! Paryz
jest to raj ziemski; ma przysz}y
rok .odbiora mnie moi rodzice z.
pensyi, i z pewnoscia zobaczymy
sic W Paryzu, w Paryzu maj
zapewne twoja rodzine i
tam czeka wszelkie szczescie ma
ciebie, to mnie tylko pociesza W
tel bolesci, jake mi sprawia, roz
laczenie sic 2 toba.
- Szczescie ma ma mnie z
kac w Paryzu! = rzek}a z CORY
cza c0rka Roberta Valleranda.
Oh! zapewne - zawolala 0
wiele jutz weselej Paulina, - mo-
re spotkasz tam naWet oWego
przystojnego podroznego = hote-
lu; wiesz juz 0 kim movie.
Lica Renaty pokrasnia}y ru-
a jej SERGE scisnelo sic
h%olesnie; czy zobaczy jeszczeskie-
dy W zyciu owego nieznajomego
do kt6rego jej mysli tax sic cze-
sto zwracaly. Niestety niemia}a
zadnej nadziei!
- No teraz usciskaj mnie i
przyrzecz re bedziesz pisyWafa
do mnie, - rzek1a Paulina znow
z. placzem; niezapomnij przys1ac
twego adresu,. Gdziekolwiek
znajdowac sic bedziesz, nieomie->
szkam odwiedzic Gle . pewnoscia,
gdy juz sic tn z tad wydobede. !.
Przyrzekam ci, re wkr6tce
napisze do ciebie, rzekIa Rena.
ia, sciskajac czule prrzyjaci6lkee.
Potem Mode dzieWczeta posi-
y ,kazdaa v swoja strone. Renata
pozegnawszy sic : pania Lermit-
te, uda1a sic z pania Ursula do.
hotelu.
Leopold kt6ry stall ciagle jesz-
cze ma .czatach, przy oknlie, spos-
trzeg1szy m1oda dzieWczyne spu-
sell spieszno firanke.
Do pioruna! mruknal
blednac, jest to jedna 2 tych
dziewczat, kt6rym mole oswobo-
dzeniie zawdzieczam. Ona to jest.
vice c6rka Roberta Valleranda,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
The Spotted Wreath
purpose.

On Monday, January 6, The Mew Yoyh
american appeared with full-pagc edi-
torial of defensive defamation. The sew
enth paragraph was as follows:
"Our civilian assailants, WHO HATE
Us FOR OTHER REASONS, have all be-
come Professional Patriots, although
some of them took no creditablc part in
the war, and some, like Mr. Roosevelt,
took an absolutely discrcditable part"
On the same day, but a few hours
later, The Euening Journal reprinted the
editorial with that paragraph deleted to
read:
"Our civilian assailants, WHO HATE
US FOR OTHER REASONS, have all be-
come Professional Patriots, although
some of them took no credtable part in
the war;
Between morning and evening news
paper editions Theodore Roosevelt had
passed beyond the reach of any Hearst
insult.
sense of decency may have saved
The Evening Journal from repeating
The WeaO York. Amo1ican's wanton sour
out any respect of its own for the dead
and with only that fear of public indig-
nation which has been learned by expert
ence, any Hearst paper, morning or even
ing, would have known enough instantly
to erase the offence on hearing the news
from Oyster Bay. With Roosevelt's career
is associated the historical thought of
Mckinley's assassination, and that re-
calls this infamous verse from Hearsts
Neac York. Joavnol:
The bullet thot pierced Goebers chest
Cannot be found IN oU TIE West.
Good reason; it is speeding here
To stretch Mckinley on his bier.
Czolgosz, a wretched Polish Bolshevist,
delivered the bullet, and Hearst changed
the name of his morning newspaper to
The Neav York American
On Tuesday, January 7, The NeaU
York american said
"a career unique, useful and inspiring
is ended by the death of Theodore Roose-
velt. He also fought, though in
vain, for the right to fight in person on
the fields of France 1t is with peculiar
pleasure that this newspaper recalls how
it sympathized with that aforementioned
wish''
What wreath to bring!
And then, for circulation purposes, a
portrait Of Theodore Roosevelt, ''free
with every copy Of next Sundays Noav
York Amer;can' was immediately an
nounced.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
The Benevolent Despos Of Liberalism

1t is not alone the unsympathetic and
critical who deprecate President Wilson's
aloofness from counsel and resent his
autocratic methods in the name of lib
erty. His warmest supporters, his faith
fullest admirers, in England and America,
have come to feel the same regrets.
There is no one in England who has
bestowed such lavish praise upon Mr..
Wilson as Mr.. Austin Harrison in The
English Reuie1c. He has proclaimed Mr..
Wilson as the leader of the radical Brit
ish liberalism which his magazine has
been preaching. America has produced
the prophet where Europe has failed,
in his view.
Yet in his last discussion of that chief
goal of his campaign, league Of ma
tlons, Mr. Harrison makes a caustic COM
ment upon the procedure by which his
prophet is seeking to write these laws
upon the worlds statute books The Eng
hsh Revieao has made it's own campaign
for q league Of nations, but it has
stressed very different thoughts from
those uttered by Mr.. Wilson. 1t has
urged that a Magma Charta, new Dec
laration of Rights for the world, must
precede and be the foundation of world
league; that league without such
basis would be vain and useless; and it
has suggested that the best method of
erecting such Declaration of Rights
would be through commissions or conven-
tions called to meet in the several coun-
tries and later to report to a central
peace conference. Repeating this pro-
posal, Mr.. Harrison now says:
venture to say that our solution will
be found to be still more accurate. bc-
cause 1T Is the only aoay to u meav order.
Mr. Wilson made the mistake of nro-
claiming morality, the effects of which
have been seen in the confusion existing
about his fourteen points. Morality
cannot be dutocrntic. 1t must be induced
az the harmony of cooperation venture
10 assert that Mr.. Wilson will be COM
PEELED to base his scheme for family Of
nations on a declaration Of rights or prin
ciples; further, that to obtain this char
ter he viii have to summon the nations
to cooperation by setting up select bodies
in the various countries to frame the new
law or order as the product of cQ0pera-
tine, not Of decveed justice.
The italics ere Mr.. Harrson's. This
may sound old stuff and capitalistic non
sense to our radicals Of the Trotzky-
Leninc dynasty. But it will have fa-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-13

Virgill Nor have others failed to note
the superiority in resolution of woman to
man. Man has his will-but woman
has her way" says the shrewd Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table. And she gets
her way, not by changing her mind, but
by setting it unfalteringly upon the thing
she wants. Mr. Shaws theory of the
Superman places just emphasis upon this
point. Man is born to be ruled by woman.
1t were tedious to derive from history
examples of the singleness of purpose
which woman has always manifested.
Some Phyllises may be "changing as the
winds and SEAS" but this is woman in
her superficial aspect; there is method in
that madness. And who shall say that q
woman does not change for good and
sufficient reason? 1t is left to weak man
to shuttle about in intellectual slippers,
victim Of selfish ease and palsied will.
Justice Benedict rightly says that it is
the prerogative Of woman to change her
mind. But she uses it only as a step
toward the achievement of a changeless
purpose.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
The Tribune's War Fiction

Last year The Sunday Tribune pub
lished tifty-two short stories, translated
from the French by Mr.. William L. Nc
Pherson. A notable valuation has been
put on these stories in Mr. Edward j.
O'Brien's Estings of "Best Short Stories
Of 1915" in q recent issue Of The Boston
Epe'atng Transcript.
Mr.. OBrien for several years past has
been analyzing and tabulating the short
story output in American magazines and
periodicals. In 1917 he rated The Trib-
une fourth in the United States in per
centage Of short stories of distinction
which it offered to the public. The Trb-
une's percentage in 1917 was 73. Sc,,ib-
mey's Magazine, Horper's Magazine and
The Century Magazine stood ahead of us
by a narrow margin. Each of them had
percentage of so.
In 1913 The Tribune stood third in the
United States. Its average of distinction
was sc. The Century MagoSine's was
80. The percentage of Horpe1's Mogo-
zine fell to II and that of Scribne1's
Magaeine to rs. The Metropolitcn Moga-
sinc had percentage of 4S, Golfers
Weekly &C, The LADIES' Home Journal SO
and The Saturday Eucndng Post 27. The
two publications which outranked The
Tribune in 1918 were The Bcllman, with
a percentage of 8S, and The .Strotford
Joumol with a percentage of 90.
Mr.. O'Brien's lists cover only the first
ten months of 1913. In that period The
Tribune published forty-three short
stories. Of these nineteen were single
starred by him, eleven double-starred and
seven triple-starred.
The pieces selected for translation COW
cred wide range. Most of the French
authors who have shown a mastery of the
short story and have given it richer
content by using it to express the
great emotions of the war have been
represented in The Tribunes columns.
Frederic Boutet, Pierre Mile, Maurice
Level, Nine. Luce Delarue- -Madrus, AL
fred Machard and Rene Benjamin are by
this time more or less known to Ameri
can readers. But last year examples
were also given Of the work of Camille
Mauclair, Edmond Jaloux, Charles Henry
Hirsch, Pierre Valdagne, Edmond Har-
aucourt and Jean Bertheroy-al short
story writers Of unusual proficiency and
imaginative quality.
The war stimulated French fiction to
an extraordinary degree. And it's sober
ing and broadening influence will con-
tlnue. Those who appreciate the short
story in its most finished and fawless
form will be repaid more than ever by
study OF the wonderful art of these
French masters.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
Who'll Bear the Torch?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the past weeks it had been
my privilege to have many talks with the
great man whose passing has left the earth
so lonely. In his last volume. "The Great
Adventure" have just read the following
lines:
"All who give service and stand ready
TOR sacrifice are the torch bearers. We
run with the torches until we fall. con-
tent If we can then pass them to the
hands of other runners"
During these hours of intercourse I saw
that his soul was ahame with the aesira
that mere empty talk, never ending nebu-
lous nothings, leading nowhere. shopld
cease IN order that sorely needed accom-
plishment should take their place. Esnc-
cialy he resented every suggestion that
savored of disloyalty to our allies.
Is there no one anywhere to pick un that
flaming torch of courage and conv;a,;o,
flung to US by the ardent hand that s no,y
still?
New York, JAM 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
SHOES G. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
FAREWELL
+ IKE one, who as night came on
IL Anproochad q nleo SAINT hOStelrV

r IKE one, who as night came on
IL Approached a pleasant hostelry
And, entering, there fell upon
A hearty, goodly company
And, feet to fire, and cup to lip,
Drank late to genial fellowship
So we arise and pass from where
We lately sat before the fire.
Another comes to fill our chair.
His lifting voice will lift far higher
The laughing choruses, and we
Will pass from page and memory.
This was his place before he went,
A pal of Mars, to smite the foe,
And now, his warlike ardor spent,
He seeks again the freight glow.
Our final glass at break Of day
Is lifted high to f. P. A.
The songs we sang will sound no more
AS round they pass the steaming cup.
Throughout the weary months of war
They may have Kept our spirits up.
An hour, and they're all forgotten,
And most of them, OH folks, were rotten.
So now with all our jesting DER,
And all our feeble catches sung,
Our mantle, rescued from the floor,
Once more across our shoulders flung,
We speak that word, so hard to say,
"F,arewell!' and start upon our way.
+. F. Y