New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

full. The Pennsylvania Senator and /
went TO the extreme, the President, of
course, willing enough for us to play
his hand for him. But the Speaker Of
the House persistently stayed with us
and could not be driven out.
when 1t came to draw, Senator
Cameron drew one card. Mr.. Cleve-
land and stood pat. But Mr.. Carlisle
drew four cards. At length, after much
banter and betting. it reached show
down and. mirabile dictu, the Speaker
held four kings!
Take the money, Carlisle; take the
money! exclaimed the President. If
ever am President again you shall
be Secretary Of the Treasury But
don't you make that four card draw
too often
HE was President again and Mr..
Carlisle was Secretary Of the Treas
ury."
Colonel Watterson's book Is at it's
best when it ramblcs, and it manages
to avoid any suggestion of sequence
or plan pretty generally. To us Marse
Henry's opinions on affairs are not as
enthralling as his impressions of peo-
pie On the question of woman suf-
rage he seems to us tresome in eX-
actly the same manner that every
other chivalrous young or old gentle
man from the South or thereabouts is
tiresome. Speaking Of the suffragists,
Colonel Watterson writes:
"Io me the younger of them seem
as children who need to be spanked
and kissed. There has been indeed
about the whole suffrage business
something pitiful and comic Often !
have felt like swearing You idiots!
and then like crying Poor dears!' Bu'
have kept on with them, and had !
been in Albany or Washington woul
have caught Rosalie Jones in my arm
and before she could say Jack Rohir
SON. have exclaimed: You ridiculou
child; go get bath and put on soNc
pretty clothes and come and join as
at dinner in the state banquet hsl
duly made and provided for you an
the rest Of your del ghtful silies'"
Hugh Walpole's Jeremy" (Doral
is brilliant book, but not quite accord
ing to plan. AS a study of children an
the child mind it seems to us unco..
vncing. 1t is too sophi sticated on til,
one hand and too patronIzing on tn
other. One is never sure whether Mr.
Walpole is trying to write from the
point of view Of u grown person or
from the point Of view of the young
sters with whom his story is CON
cerned. On the other hand. such parts
OF the story as concern the effect Of
children on grown persons are bea ii
tully done. Jampot, the nurse, and
MISS Jones, the govcrness, are sd
perbly set forth and are worth all the
children in the book put together
Walpole violates one ancient tradi-
ton OF English literature. We rcmem-
bcr no other English novel in which a
fight between young Britons was not an
exceedingly dignifed and heroic affair
Usually Cottar Major was in one cor
ner and Dobbin Minor in the other
The rest Of the school stood about and
saw fair play. Hard blows were ex-
changed manfully. Of course, the hero
won, but even the villain conducted d
himself so admirably that his status
was always in doubt at the end Of the
Battle. The fight in Jeremy" departs
radically from form
Ernest, meanwhile, kicked. and
kicked hard; he also tried to bite Jor-
emy's hand and also to pull his hair
But his own terror handicapped him !;
every inch Of his body was alarmed
and that alarm prevented the freedom
OF his limbs. Then, when he felt the
blood from his nose t,ickle on to his
cheek, his resistance was at an end;
nanic flooded over him like water. He
broke away ard flung himself howlng
On to the ground. kicking his legs and
screaming: 1t isn't fair! He's bitten
me! Take him away! Take him away.''
To all school teachers, most parents
and few others we wish to recon-
mend most earnestly Were You Ever
Child?" written by Floyd Dell and
published by Knopf