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New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Academic Criticism
English Poets Labelled
By Professor Palmer

: 'oRMATIvE TYPES IN ENGLISH
POETRY BY George Herbert Palmer.
Houghton Mifhin Company. New York
and Boston
haucer, Spenser, George Herbert
ope, Wordsworth, Tennyson and
Browning bears the academic label
quite distinctly. The author places
rach poet securely in his proper crit
ical niche and tells the readers just
that they ought to think of the man
nd his work. There is little consid-
ration for discrep epances Of individual
sste: Professor Palmer simply tells
on that you must admire certain au-
aors; if you don't, so much the worse
or you.
Now it is a truism that despotism
rreeds anarchy; and Professor Pal
er's authoritative method of criticism
laturally arouses a disposition to chal
ith such a calm conviction Of infal
bility. One is tempted to rebel against
se authors sweeping statements as to
nat poetry can do, and what it can
II do, what themes it should essay
{, what themes it should not essay.
eli Professor Palmer's theory the
.,periority OF emotional over narrative
setry, sound critical doctrine though
is, seems open to question in all its
APPLICATION. One is inclined to wonder
hat the author thinks of the narra-
We passages in Homer and Paradise
ost"
All this adverse comment may seem
unjust and ungenerous in commenting
IN a laudable effort to indoctrinate the
students of the Pacific Theological
seminary with proper appreciation
nd respect for English poetry But
Professor Palmer seems 70 illustrate
ONE Of the worst tendencies in Anglo
. axon criticism and teaching. He
ooks upon literary appreciation as a
nuality that can be inStilled from with
out. not as one that must be aroused
from within. He is always weighty and
informative, never stimulating and
provocative. 1t is this pontihcal method
Of instruction, a method that only few
Of our most gifted teachers escape. that
unconsciously stiles initiative OF
thought among our undergraduates
and depresses the cultural level Of our
colleges and universities.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Boris Codunov

BORIS GODtNDN. - Alexanao- 3
gyeyevich Pusnkin Rendered int -
lish verse By Alfred Hayes T. = Iins n''.
ton & Co. SOW Yortl ~
He who holds the opinion tina. pn.
sian drama is simple and sluggish !.
supported by Pushkin's historic.
drama, Boris Godunov,7 which is =.
slow as one could wish 70 find in p.
sian or any other language. Whs. ..
traction the piece mas comes from .
certain charm Of verse ne tra,.,.
tor has given it and Il is lonbtfnI =
the original excel5 the translation
The situation is simple. Ror:.
Godunov becomes Gar through -
murder Of the Czarevich, who wonIs
naturally have succeeded MS fath..
A young monk in Lithuanian nons.
terry simultaneously gets friskv ans
decides to abandon the cloister earss,
He also decides to become Car Of Pn.
sia-a decision often reached by -
Russians Of low rank Accordinglv *
pretends he is the slain Czare,gjch Nv
by great aplomh and cleverness -.
pretender succeeds Boris Godunoy.
" H. T.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
British Radicalisrn
Sweeping Economic and Political Changes Advocated
In Works by G. D. H. Cole and J. A. Hobson

LABOR IN THE COMMONWEALTH" :"
Iy q. d. II. Cole. B. w uuebsch New
"DEMOCRACy AFTER THE WAR" BY
j. A. Hobson. The Macmillan Company,
New York.
Professor Cole and Mr.. Hobson
agree that the present British social
order stands in need of drastic ref
ormation, but they differ somewhat in
their methods of criticizing and at
tacking it. Professor Cole, a Socialist,
lays most stress upon the dcsirability
OF certain changes in the modern eco
nomic system. Mr.. Hobson, a Liberal
with some distinctly radical tendencies,
feels that the wholesale application
of democracy in many fields of activity
is the best solvent for the ills he
wishes to cure.
Both authors draw up much the same
bill of indictment against the British
state as it stands at the present time.
Both see power concentrated in the
hands of a grasping minority. which
prevents the proper functioning Of
democracy through its control of the
press, the schools. the Church and the
courts. Mr.. Hobson also takes leaf out
Of our own pacifsts' book by inveighlng
fiercely against the alleged malevolent
in promoting an aggressive foreign
policy and stirring up trouble with
other nations. Professor Cole insists
hat the MARKHAM doctrine of the class
struggle is the key to the present world
situation, whereas Mr.. Hobson eschews
shis distinctly socialist!c formula.
Industrial democracy is loose
phrase that means many things to
many people. To Professor Cole it
ignifies the sweeping away of the
modern organization of industry, based
Upon discipline and rewards, and the
substitution of a new order based up
on voluntary cooperation. To the
ready objection that men simply would
not work and produce adequately un-
der such Utopian conditions, he replies
with the simple dictum:
"set men free and I believe that
they will turn by instinct to the max
ing of good things we'll"
However, the following passage
hows that he is not altogether blind
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
<'7hey don t write such English now-
adays. The. book is charming.
The New York Sun.

Willis Of The Tbune:
$ o the 81 tx best ersof the
readers adandpu lihersto
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o thought
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Our Red Cross
Official History of
Its War Achievements

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS N THE
GREAT WAR I7y Henry =. Dawson.
The Macmillan Company, New York.
The far-reaching and multifarous
activities of the American Red Cross
in the great war are described with a
wealth Of accurate detail in this book
by the chairman of the organization s
war council. The ramihcations Of the
work Of mercy. were innumerah BILE;
they included everything from hand
ing out not cups Of coffee to American
soldiers ON their way to cantonmcn>s
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Poems by O'Neil
Haunting Charm in Book
Of Verse by Young Poet

THE COBBLER IN WILLOW STREET
AND OTHER POEMS BY George Neil.
Soni & Liveright. New York.
A persistent tender strain of melodic
beauty invests this sheaf of verse with
quality of fugitive, but haunting and
exquisite charm. The author is quite
young Che is only twenty-one years
old, and perhaps his youth gives him
the courage to avoid the elaborate ex-
perimentation with vers libre, color
effects and whatnot that has become a
commonplace of present-day American
poetry. The appeal OF Mr. O'Neils
poetry lies primarily in its keen and
delicate perception of beauty. of beauty
chiefly as expressed in nature. Even
when he writes of love, as in the fol
lowing poem to "Margot," the imagery
rather overpowers the human theme of
the verse:
l love the blessed sweetness that is peace ;
The stiffness infinite OF stars remote,
Casting their long wan shadows the
The quiet strangeness Of the ,nists anoat-
Trailing their wells beneath the trees low
Listening to whispers of the dying hour:
The straight: tall poplars and the willow
Heavy with dreams, the silence of a
flower
All ways OF peace love. all beauty still
And YOU All, you--how strange it is
my dear.
For ardent as the wind YOU are in will,
And needless the wind you leave me
here
Where Ia calm pool mirroring the sky
Forget | love the stars as you sweep by.
The author finds his most congenial
medium of expression in the short
poem. In fact, much of his verse con-
sists of fragments, mood or scene
hastily sketched, an unfinished thought.
Even in his more finished poems there
are occasional technical flaws: poor
rhymes, unhappy metaphors, vague
ness of thought and expression. But
these are the natural faults of youth ;
the very authentic, 'cVaneSccnt. lmagl-
native beauty Of the work as whole.
Zoe Atkins writes an apprcciative
preface to the poems.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
SIR THOMAS WHITE.
ForeWord by HENRY CARRTTY

=, Six THOMAS WHITE, Canadian Minister Of
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New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

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New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
('"ACUECHEEK'')

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24
OPPORTUNITY ALWAYS A KNoCKER

OUR GIFTED FRIEND the editorial writer the Muskoget
~ Phoenix makes this remark "Opportuniy knocks
every mans door" Yea verify Phoenix many many
many times
Opportunity is always knocker
so far as are aware Opportunity Just about the most
persistent, insistent knocker there is
Opportunity does the knockng-its up to you do the
boosting.
When Prof. Byron W. King was delivering interesting
2hakepeariac lectures the Armore High School recently
he told the editor that the late John D. ingalls, really the
author of the celebrated sonnet "Opporuny attributed to
he senator. The had been in dispute. Pro-
fesor King said that Ingalls, whom he had taught
the speech showed him the original manuscript
correspondence from the Century Magazine which first
published the sonnet
A brilliant John j. Ingalls, and a longtime
note he will be remembered centuries very
likely the author Of the opportunity sonnet when his states
manshp is forgotten And that's pity "Oppor
unity" the loveest and most insduously dangerous lie in
literature
According to the ingalls, notion Opportunity knocks once
and only and then goes and returns All of
which course the veres rubbish far as it relates
Tact.
Opportunity knocks hard the doors of many of
hat he will pound the panels pieces unless wake up and
axe notice The trouble with lot be that are
full dope and browsing and can't hear old Oppy knocking
Or maybe fear it's the landlord knocking his rent or the
nlkman with his BILL or a book-agent!
There's nothing wrong with Opportunity Old Op oper-
day and night brother He not alone, he
your door always He works and knocks while you Sleep
The only time that old Opportunity will go return no
ore is when he lays his little sprg Of remembrance upon
new-made mound in the graveyard; and maybe-whO
Enows?maybe Opportunity then but Just beginning
10 tap-tap-ap at the windows of your SOUL
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swered: He spent it quietly-very
quietly Riley always wanted to be at
home on that day-did not oven like
to see people But it was hard to get
away from him. In the afternoon they
would call, many only leaving their
cards because they knew how he felt
about u,-others insisting on seeing
him il only for a moment. When his
guests We're very persistent Mr.. Riley
would come down stairs from his study,
shake hands, exchange the seasons
greetings and then excuse himself on
the ground that he had some very i'm
portant letter that must be written
For letter writing, odd as it would seem
to most s US, was his way of spending
an ideal Christmas afternoon. TO Riley
it was a day in which to get in touch
with dear but far away friends and so
he wrote each year to little group Of
his most cherished correspondents.
Sometimes he wrote until late in the
night-again me would stop with the
coming of the evening But, always
on Christmas there would be a neat
pile of letters done in his beautiful
script and ready to mail to the people
he cared most about Among these in.
innate friends there were usually sew.
eral children, a fellow poet or two and
always a number Of the little boys.that.
usedto bc'-companions of his youth"
The Quaint Boxes
1t was this same group too, which
regularly received lsift box from the
friend who never forgot those for whom
he cared. Riley's gift boxes were ia
nous for he had a boyish habit of Civ.
ing other people what he liked him.
self For instance, Riley liked a GER
tain kind Of stick candy. dates, and
nuts. SO a friend Of his was called in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24
A PERFECT CHRISTMAS
DAY
\ Poets Idea OF What il Ought to BE
Marcus Dickey, Author OF "Thc
Youth of James WhitcOmb Riley"
Talks About His Friend and the Way
the HOOsier Poet Spent Christmas.
by ELIZABETH MORGAN

Nearly every one has his own pecu-
liar ideas of what constitutes an ideal
Christmas day, and, so far as condi-
tions will permit, usually spends the
day after the fashion of his choice,
James Whtcomb Riley was particular.
ly insistent on enjoying his Christmas
after a given plan, said Marcus Dick
ey, the poets biographer, in a recent
interview about Riley. Mr. Dickey,
who was the poets secretary and
friend for many years, is the author
of a volume entitled The Youth Of
James Whitcomb Riley, just published
by the Bobbs Merrill Company, and his
knowledge Of the Hoosicr poet is an
intimate and an interesting poet.
Christmas was very dear day to
Mr. Riley" Marcus Dickey said, remin-
iscently. Possibly this was because he
never quite got away from his own
boyhood that age when the mid
winter holiday season dominates every
other holiday Rleys Christmas poems
have for years been the delight Of chill
dren and grown-ups all over America
and the man who wrote them had a
high reverence for the day.
Just how did Mr.. Riley spend his
own day?' Mr.. Dickey asked and an
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

funds in additional equipment. In face
OF the unknown factor such investments
/ are unusually hazardous. The money to
tory have known.
make these improvements and extern
sions cannot Ice picked out Of the air
/ lne supply OF petroleum at the point to
/ De served by the new improvements be-
| ing IN excess OF facilities, the price is
reduced even i'm advance OF any ac-
eumuIilteu supply in excess Of demand.
All or jh2se conditions hade fair to
exist in Texas few weeks ago, But
gradually the unknown factor, which
mad been Shaping itself, disappeared.
properties which had shown u phe-
honehal producing ability began to de.
cine even more sensationally. New
prospects indicated the field was limit.
ed. II became possible to fairly estimate
ihe total possible production Of the new
IeNas fields, and this estimate measur-
eu against world demands disclosed the
fact that production was still behind
demand. Hence the appreciation in pc
troleum values as Indicated by the price
advance OF Thursday.
IeNas is not what the oil Vernacular
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

each year to help with the assembling
and packing of the poets Christmas
boxes. 1t was no small task either
for the candy must be Just so and the
dates just a certain size and the nuts
of distinct kind. And when they were
lat last procured they must be assem-
bled after a set fashion and packed
in an oddly attractive way that marked
the Riley Christmas boxes as dis.
tlnct. No one who ever received one
OF these boxes can forget it any more
than he can forget the friend who sent
It. From "Lizabeth Ann" to the Rag.
getty Man they went their joyful way,
the boy-heart Of the Ioosier poet get
ting even more pleasure in their send.
ing than the recipients did in receiving
them.
Few people knew how much James
Whitcomb Riley really did for his
friends for he was not the kind of man
who talked of these things. But at
heart he was boyish and generous and
impulsive and, in thousand little
ways, passed along happiness TO those
for whom he cared.
AMays Read Dickens
"I do not believe James Whitcomb
Riley even spent a Christmas dav in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24
LONDON NEWSPAPERS FAVOR
GOVERNMENTS NEW IDEA
or IRISH LF.GOvERNMENI

London, Dec. 23.-Aside from two
irreconclliable anti.home rule journals,
London newspapers this morning give,
on. the whole, a favorable reception to
the governments new scheme for Irish
self-government. None, however, ex.
presses genuine expectation of the sue.
cess of the plan.
While it is expected that such bill
as Premier Lloyd George outlined yes
terday,-the fourth home rule meas.
IRE to be presented to parliament
will be absolutely rejected by a large
section of the Irish people, and regard
ed with suspicion and distrust by 9th.
ers. it is contended it deserves to be
fairly considered and tried.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

The private notion of present company, who in his caow
had modest and nconsequena things do with
The noble art of prizeghng always has been that Jess Will
lard belonged the profeerng school His alleged
proeerng in the his wood Kansas this reader
and writer surprise whatever Jess profiteered nightly
time he stepped into przerng Present company said
those times and yet has changed his mind Willard
absolutely the punkes fourfusher that the
padded glove The way the sporting public stood for that
phony gink pful But--the public loves to be prof
eered!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24
MRS. WILLIAM H. PREHN

GENUINE SORROW to many persons in Oklahoma
II and particularly the staff of The Ardmoee-when in
Yesterdays news dispatches announced the death in
Frisco railroad wreck of Mrs William H. Prehn devoted Red
Cross worker her way home from this state to Webster
Groves, No. to spend Christmas with her loved ones.
Only few days ago Mrs Prehn in Ardmore giving
her time and talent and her great womanheart the work
The Red Cross She had been here several times and upon
Zach visit she wdened the circle of those who held her in high
esteem. woman Of most charming personality Mrs Prehn
made friends for herself for the Red Cross cause wherever
she went
Less than week ago Mrs Prehn called to see the editor
Of this paper and other members of the staff she was
departing from the office the editor happened to remark that
certain young in Oklahoma whose name had been
mentioned had most interesting line of work Mrs Prehn
admitted it, but she exclaimed: "Oh, but | also have most
interesting line of work Isn't mine really the most interesting
in the wod Then she passed downstairs and out of our lives
but not out of our memory and our reverence
She enthusiast in Red Cross endeavor Her monu
umen she buded for herself in the of those she bened
and surely that beautiful than marble and more
ing than bronze.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

Only day after this take advantage of The
Daily Ardmoetes special Christmas offer of reduced sub
scrpon. Don't you want to So and get the best daily
paper published in Ardmore whole year? This depart
ment presents the circulation department this free advertise
en and to the d. that The Ardmoree is going to
be better than ever-we say sths coming year. and if
folks don't read it twill be because their early education
neglected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

The editor of this newspaper wants about fifty fifty
authors of 'The Kasers Dream in orig
na manuscripts of that lusrou pome. You know the thing
that about the kaiser dying and going to hell and the
devil saying him. "Well, Wilum you're tt abdcate in
favOror words to that effect. The Dream by all
odds the roenest pome pomed and has devoees
apparently than any other piece of punk literature eXant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

You still have time and opportunity to contribute of your
abundance to the Goodfelow fund in Ardmor The notion
nat prosperity is general is notion There is
much need for immediate aid right here in Armore the far
famed oil city There children who won't know
It's Christmas unless help em toward knowing They'll
be like that fellow out in the Healdton oil field who never
knows it's Sunday until the comic supplement comes along
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

Germans in advance on Warsaw
cross the Bzura and Rawka rivers
also advance in Galicia-Allies
launch new offensive from Rheims
to Verdun on go mile front-France
votes Sl,700.000 war credit
1915.
French and Germans in severe To-
cal action on Vosages front-Gener-
al de Castelnau, Chief of Staff of
French Armies arrives at Saioniki
British lost 1921 men at Dard.
anelles; 25,279 killed.
1916.
Secretary of State Lansing ad.
mits that L. S. abandoning tradl.
tional policy OF isolation may join
League Of Nations Count Czerin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

The Sunday Oklahoman to this city minus its editO
page. We incline to wonder if Mr.. Harrison and Miss
Johnson otherwise Walter and Edith overwhelmingly
by their reception the Ardmore Readers Round
Table last Thursday night that they couldn't an
rial page for Sunday Or-was Harrison conserving print
paper? Probably not, for observed the c. all right
which initials stand for comic supplement.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-24

Frances heavyweight champion G. Carpenter refuses to
run for election to the French congress- G. should over
this country and for the United States body
needs somebody its midst who could knock few of his
cutterng colleagues for the good of the service NJ
Carpenter will act this suggestion We'll tell him where to
begin putting the kayo.