Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-03
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Ioston recently. coming un t-o TO
i mar ma Vineyard whore he is worn.
iHS DIR ms History OF the Lafayette
TINS fan by Houshton Miffl,n tr, opnsnr
In reccn, issue OF the Chicavo ri.
pun, pune Gorneiia," By Lucy FITCH per-
, m!ns nioushton Minl;n Companvi -
s, s rs ,o one II. Of the six ees, selling
story. '"e pest war
lion" Nioushton Mima.n &c 20, LA ,a,,: NH.
a discussion between several Rrs,ise
wo',j1 ln do soldiers as to what thev
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"oahded. once brought down in names.
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guess he said at last. II shall ca
40 a,o"E GOWN TO the airdron,c and ordor
9l, my !. machine lac and have the boys
snali nave her wheeled out. anil ! sh,,,
chmo on board and ties, all IN. con.
s'sts a, ihen ! snail rum the engine fur
" sPeit. ana maybe take a turn a:,und
ihc aIrdrome a'o,s the SrouaI. r.en
/ snail load up with bombs Then
I toys LOOK son up II, in the sky and say:
and put her TO bed"
The solitary" by James Omen
helm 'B. ". Huebsch). is a stem =,
ADVANCE OF all Oppcnhe!ms previous
mersly pretty nothing calcule.ed
tecl,nicai facility: 1t does celebrate
i nrG,ound !, e,o e, as to ultimate
cpenine poem The Sea-. a revelation
oi man true relation TO the universe
ana 10 ms fellow men. and It Is a
poets intellectual struggles Withai.
mere is an architectontc quality. struc-
lure ., and , aiornmeni tu5,ng harmon
present more than lofty idealism and
abstract thinking. The passion and
fire OF the indignant witness OF out
rage rage. and wrong are present and. i'm
human being who is ever his brorher's
e nsepsr. who knows his brothers
and emotions. The volume, DEDICATED
knowingly to the late Randolph Bourne.
contains The Sea-, nobly wrought
uhs most rougdea and ee
plcte work, both as to thinking and
writing: that MIR. oppenheim has Of
1e,ed sh9rter poems mn gIouped as .sonss
titude." repscpectively. and a poetic
drama called Night whose produc-
What Is Ameriea?" by Edward
at the University OF Wisconsin. is the
title OF volume just published by
the Century Company. Perhaps there
IS no better way of describing Profes-
sor Ross book then to quote the fol-
lowing rom his preface to the book:
Our society is developing as the
fathers neither foresaw nor intended.
It's path is determined chiefly by tho
instincts OF muititudes-as in the west
ward movement and European imni-
Rration-by our inherited institutions,
anu by the remoter effects OF me-
chanicai inventions. In the course of
this development strain is produced on
large scale. You cannot lay it to
persons. II is simply n byproduct OF
social evolution. Of course. we should
seek out remedy, but, in the mean
time. we need not begin to quarrel
among ourselves and hate one another
The bulk of Americans well under
stand this. There are some who will
do moth ing about the suffering in the
wake of social evolution lost their pro-
hold certain individuals responsible for
this suffering and would wreck society
In order TO get at them. Between these
are the steady-goi ng millions who,
without losing their tempcrs. seek ma
tently for remedies. They have con-
tended with n long series of grave
problems, yet have not turned bitter
They exhibit that 'nrm adherence to
Justice, moderation, temperance fruga-
MY, ana virtue. without which, ac-
cording to the Virginia Bill of Rights
6 6i I Iarh, no Tree governments. or the
to any people.' 1t Is to vindicate and
commend this 'virtuous democracy that
Offer this little book >s