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New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
A Business Novel
Story of a Young Man S
Progress to Success

THE BUSINESS CAREER OF PETER
FLINT. BY Harold Whitehead The
rage Company, Boston.
This story of the evolution of poor
and not always honest young man into
prosperous and successful salesman
is veritable epic of modern American
business. To be Industrious, alert and
conscientious, not to lie, not to steal.
never to allow ones self to be diverted
from the sacred task of making money
by the allurements of wine, women
and song this is the philosophy Of
life that Mr.. Whitehead advocates and
drives home with forcibIe illustrations
from the experiences of his hero.
Peter Flint sets out as Il salesman
in a department. store at the munifi-
cent salary of S5 week. Failing to
display proper interest in the tinan-
cial success of his employers and fall
ing under the deleterious influence of
salesgirl with fondness for moving
pictures and "dollar-a-head" dances, he
loses his job, falls into the clutches Of
some loan sharks, drifts around on the
stormy sea of unemployment and only
gets fair start ON the high road to
success after he has undergone almost
every form of financial embarrass-
ment
The large chunks of practical ad-
vice which Mr.. Whitehead includes in
the book are welded together and made
somewhat palatable by more or less
convincing story with a few love
episodes. Those who are interested in
business as a career should find profit
and interest in his accurate~and in
structive presentation Of the principles
Of s&lssmanship.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
What Of Magazine Fiction?
Robert II. Davis Speaks of Popular
Tendencies of the Modem Short Storv

perception Of differences. But there
is no rule by which to analyze the
broken prismatic colors Of the world of
to-day. Editorial omniscience fails be-
fore the myriad aspects that modern
life presents. What is ephemeral or
what is permanent, what is sound I'M
pulse in expression or not, is past the
province of any editor to judge. If it
catches the CLEAN Of one Of the thou
sand facets that modern life presents it
is all that one has right to ask of a
story in this rapid fiuX of life and
literature. There is no greater fiction
on earth, Davis has saidM than the one
that an editor presents an original
form of expression with perfect under
standing of it and faith in it. For the
most part he is as much bewildered
and baffied by an original expression
as the least literary of his readers and
as much afraid of it. But if he has
any catholicity of perceptions rs an
editor that is the very reason why he
pr~serts it.
The huge demands that the enormous
monthly output of magazine fiction
makes on writing puts a premium not
only on quick literary reactions to the
rapid flow of modern life, but it also
puts huge premium on hack work.
a.uch OF the dissatfaction with maga-
zine fiction is justified. and a good
deal of it is not. Davis presents an
odd defense of magazine fiction. The
magazine must be regarded as an
annex to the newspaper, and a great
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
By Rebecca Drucker

Il has become q tradition of The
writing world that "Bob" Davis must
buy ones first story. BY some mysteri-
Gus freemasonry of the writing craft
every unAedged writer, in whatever
obscure corner he nurses his intima-
tions Of greatness, knows about "Bob"
Davis and his sixth sense for literary
talent in the raw. He is the light to
which innumerable young writers trim
their sails out of the backwaters of
rooms and farmA6 h. He is an
.usust editor. presAgSR over the des.
TIMES of the Munsey tiction---but a
large and active following speak
of him affectionately and famili-
arly as Bob" The stories of his edi-
torial second sight will one day form
an important and unique chapter in
the history of the American short
story. But each item in his impressive
list of "fnds" ia not so much a vindi-
cation of his editorial Judgment as a
proof OF his wisdom and kindness as a
human being. In an astonishing way
lie mikes human values with the cold
intellectual business of literary enter
prise
To begin WITH Davis's literary credo
does not even attempt to go by q stand
ard of literary judgment. In the lei
surely world of fifty years ago there
were soberly differentiated colors in
life and there was, accordingly, a nice
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
Lafayette
Full Account of His
Life, by George Morgan

Morgan. J. B. Hppincott Company, si y.
Philadelphia.
Most Americans are familiar with the
achievements of the gallant Lafayette
as volunteer in the Revolutionary
Army. His subsequent life in France,
his experiences during the Revolution
we'll known. Every phase of his long
and eventful career is fully treated in
Mr.. IHorgan's biography
1t was through no fault of his own
that Lafayette did not play q consist
emily popular and successful role in
the French Revolution. He was emf
nently a moderate in his political
views, liberal, neither radical nor
reactionary. And moderates inevitably
go under in period of great popular
stress. Lafayette's fate was almost
ironically melancholy. Driven from
France by the rising tide Of Jacobin-
ism, branded as a traitor and counter
revoutionist by the extremists in
crossed the border and imprisoned in
the Austrian fortress of Olmutz as a
dangerous radical.
Lafayette was finally released at the
intercession of Napoleon and returned
to France, where he spent the rest Of
his life on his country estate, sus-
pected and disliked both by Bonaparte,
and by the Bourbons, who succeeded
him, on account of his passion for
democracy.
Alike in its wealth of detail and in
its grasp of the essential features Of
Lafayette's character, Mr.. Morgan's
book fulfills the requirements Of an
excellent biography. The author de-
tko .:-k1
just as he was-a man imbued with
the best philosophical ideaism of the
time, loving liberty but abhorring
license. firm and consistent in his
course Of life and yet endowed with a
quality of urbane optimism that soft
ened for him the hardest blows of ad-
verse fortune.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06

Than any other magazine writer In
the world
Is not true
They dug me up,
And | listened to them with interest.
And laughed at their jokes,
And treated them as equals,
Whereas, as a matter of fact,
Ninety nine per cent of them were NV
superiors.
always left my door open
So that they could come in without
knocking.
l was never out
They arrived with small hopes.
l sent them away with great hopes.
They sought me out because I was a
good listener
man looking for a pair of ears
Hates to run up against mouth.
They believed in themselves
And ] encouraged them in their be-
liefs
If man comes to his job with the
conviction that he can handle it
The job is half done.
In the language of my friend Perley
Poore SEeehan
"If You Believe 1t, It's So"
Perhaps in this manner
did start few writer's on the road
to success.
did not discover, encouraged them.
And if some of those little knowns
Have become we'll knowns
While the former magazine editor
remains unknown,
1t proves Euclid's contention that
Mathematics is the only exact sci
encc.
That appears to be the answer.
They pass through his shrewd tutc-
lage in shoals, if not to greatness a.
least to regulations and prices. A new
awkward squad is always forming to
take the place Of the old.
They go, but they do not forget
"You made me what l am to-day, l
hope you're satisfied" carols Nalbro
BARLEY in the words Of the old song
And across his photograph another
scrawls, "To one who has been every
thing to me but wife"
What proportion of all this is per
manent IttcxatureY Davis shfugs. Ac-
cordng to the light that is vouchsAfe 4
him he does the best he can for litera-
ture. But, in the last analysis, art il
matter between the public and its
god.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
William M. Evarts
Speeches and Arguments
By An Eminent LAWYER

ARGUMENTS AND SPEECHES OF WILL
LIAM MAXWELL EVARTS Edited by
sherman Evarts. The Macmillan Com
pany, New York
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
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It Happened on t,c T:gris

Kermit Roosevelt tells ar amusing
story in his "War in thc Garden of
Eden" (Scribner's) of an incident
that happened while he was being
transported up the Tigris River with
the English troops from India:
1.-The Arab women ran along the bank
beside us, carrying baskets of eggs
and chickens, and occasionally melons.
They were possessed of surprising
endurance, and would accompany US
indefinitely, heavily laden as they were
Their robes traied in the wind as
they jumped dtches, screaming out
their wares without q moments pause
An Indian Of the boats crew was nag
Cling with a woman about > CHECKER
He threw an eight-anna piece. She
picked up the money. but would not
hand him the chicken, holding out for
her original price. He jumped ashore,
intending to take the chicken. She
had few yards start and made the
most of it. In and out they chased,
over hedge and ditch, down the bank
and up again. Several times he almost
had her. She never for moment
ceased screeching- operation which
seemed to affect her wind not a par
tcle. At the end of fifteen minutes the
Indian gave up amid the delighted jeers
of his comrades and returned shame
faced and breathless to jump aboard
the boat as we bumped against the
bank on rounding q curve"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
Rabbi Recommends Waldo Frank

"Our America" by Waldo Frank. was
made the subject of the Thanksgiving
discourse last Sunday at Temple Beth
FL by the Rev. DR.. s. Schulman, in the
course of which he recommended the
book to every Jew.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
H09N.x.sSyy !sszssss8zz..,..:.'- x :. :
PARIS VISTAS
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Author OF "A Little Gray Home in France" etc
4 BOOK beautifully made and beautifully written In il
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10

Ponce, Sept. 7.-Desde Santa
90 de los CaballerOs acaban de
escribir una carta a nuestro ami
go don Jose c. Piha, avisaniole el
feliz arribo de SUI amante esposa
doila Carmen Vazquez; 'legada
que coincidi0 con ell advenimien-
to de una mia, hija de los apre.
cables esposos don Celestino Gar
cfa y doiia Cambucha Piila.-in-
fanta que convierte Ell abuelOs a
los citados don Jose y dofia Car
men.
Aver tarde sali6 para Sail
mas la Orquesta que dirije Ell
Tomas Clavel y esta tar
de la del tambien maestro Fran
cisco Vivas Cap6.
Estas dos unidades musicales
van para amenizar actos socia-
les que Sc llevaran a cabo esta
noche y la de mailana.
En- la manana de aver sc in.
cauto Ell policia Ramon Lopez
Rodriguez de una yunta de orc
para punos, de la que foemaba
parte una moneda de ORC, pTenda
que vendia ell vecino Bartolo Pa
gan a Jose AcOsta Velentfn en-
cuatro dollars, y que Bartolo
Confes6 Sc habla encontrado en-
la carretera que va de Ponce Pc
Inuelas.
-Esta mafiana Y al medic
dia, ell los trenes que salieron
con direction Oeste iban nume-
rosas personals de Ponce que te-
nlan deseos de YER volar a los
|aviadores Rigau y Carter.
Aver tarde, ell ell "antia-
go de Cuba, embarcaron para
la Gran Antilla los apreciables
|Yecinos don Angel Castro y do
1a Alejandrina Gonzalez, que
Sc proponen. fijar SUI domiciliO
en- la simpatica ciudad de San
tiago de Cuba.
DeseamOsle muclIa suerte en-
lbs negocios que van a empren-
|der.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
Information del Sur

-Ha estado varios dfas de
cana el ,agitadort socialista don
Sandalio f. Alfonso; Y esta ma
1ana lie vimos va EN- pie, en- la
brecha.
-Esta mafiana V esta tarde,
respectivamente, han celcbradG
asambleas los gremios de despa-
lilladoras y de mojadores Y Sc
cadores de tabacO; llevandose a
cabo las reuniones Ell el Cine
Estrella.
Ell guardia Jose d. Vaz-
quez, ha detenido a Monserrate
Noel, acusado de acometer y
agredir, con los pufios, a Ia We
Gina Maximina Feliciano.
COrresDOnSal.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
bO1AS De MAYACUEZ

para poder localizar ell fueg0.
La tienda estaba asegurada en-
tres mil dollars.
DE HORMIGUEROS.-- Las
fiestas que Sc celebraron el domin
go en- el vecino pueblo, deLieron
resultar esplendidas, a juzgar
Dor ell crecido ndmero de personals
que salieron- de Mayagtie. para
presenciarlas.
CARTERO SUPLENTE.-- Su-
pliendo Ia falta del cartero Sr.
Maximo Alemar, trabaja como
tai ell apreciad6 sr. Rufo Beren
guer, de la Marina de esta ciu-
dad. LIE deseamos muchas pros
pe'..i,lades.
DE CINE Las siguientes Gin
tas fueron exhibidas durante la
semana pasada, en- la pantalla del
Featro Nueyo; EI Pacto dc Tres,
episodio tercero, La Tentaci6n del
Cico dos episodios, Y En- la Pts
ia, por Wallace Reid.
Esta noche Sc exhibira Ia CHS
tosa comedia por Charles Cha
plin, SMnnyside, o Al Sol.
Al GrGhGm
CorrespOnsal
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
Septiembre 8 de 1919.


INCENDIO.- Anoche, como a
las dos de la madrugada, fue des-
trufda parcialmente por un yoraz
incendio, la tienda-almacen, pro-
piedad de los Sres. Cofresi y Fa-
gundo.
Ell cuerpo de bomberos brill6
por SUI ausencia aHn mucho des-
pucs de haberse advertido el in
cendio. Despues, sinembargo, To-
grarOn reivindicarse los interpi-
dos muchachos, pues en- pocos mo
mentos localizaron ell incendio.
El fuego solamente interes6,
seg1n pudimos yer, la trastienda
del edificio, es decir, donds es-
taban almacenadOs los comesti-
bles.
Nuestro captain de policia, CO.
mo siempre, fue uno de los prime
rosi Ell presentarse en- ell lugar del
siniestro, Y debemOs darle un ca
&lroso APPLAUSE por las certeras
disposiciones que tom6.
El cuerpo de bomberos fu6 avi-
sado por el alcaide de carcel, Sr.
Labiosa, Y este Sr. Sc debe que
los bOmberos llegaran q tempo
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
HURTO DE PRENDAS

Tres meses de carcel tendra que
cumplir Clementina Maysonet,
Cuien siendo sirvienta de un ame-
.icanO que reside en- la calle "Ca
/ als", ell Santurce, lie hurt6 dos
junquillos de selora, una carte-
IA, dos justillos, una banda, un
Clntur6n de perlas y unas zapati-
las. Las prendas fueron ocupa-
lisa en- poder de unas amigas de
II Maysonet.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
HURTO DE GALLINAs

La detective de Santurce arres-
Is a Fermfn Melendez, ocuLandO-
u cuatro gallinas propiedad de
Rufno Goenaga. Melendez es
reincidente en- esta clase- de deli
tos. Ell Juez Santos le impuso
por esta denuncia y por otras
que lie presentaron, aflo y medic
de pfisi6n.
LII .,u. 1asn1nnrn
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10

Las plamtos de hielo York
no tiemem riVGI. - SUCESO-
Res DE ABARCA, de San
Juan, las entregG hacienda
hieIo. ADvT.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-12

will last. After all, 1t is the mass
Of the common people who deter
mine all such matters, and the
American people are imbued with
too great an appreciation of classical
music to permit things.to 60 far in
such tangent"
1t is very evident that M. Alloo
is believer In the development of
music for every class, from the high
est to the lowest. II believe that
every city should have its own
opera, and that the harmonic or
chestra should be developed so that
the greatest classics may be present.
ed to the common people in public
parks" He asserted that harmonic
orchestras were responsible for the
beginning of the Conservatives in
Europe, and cited LeGard Republi-
can as an example. Such music"
he says, develops as much as is pos
sible sincerity in the audiences
which is mutually beneficial to per-
former and hearer."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-12
America May Yet
Lead in Music

Will America, which has ceased to
depend on Europe for SO many COM
modities of everyday life, also
achieve its independence in the field
Of music as result of the great war?
Has America the markings of the
high grade players demanded for
symphony concert work in the anna
teur organizations and second rate
bands scattered so generally over the
United States?
The answer to all these questions
is Eyes" in the opinion Of Modesto
Alloo, Belgian, himself product
of the best schools in Europe and
| assistant to and warm personal
friend of Eugene Ysaye. M. Alloo's
confidence grows out of his expert
ence as conductor of military music
at Camp Devan, Massachusetts,,
where he directed the musical activi-
ties for 1900 men. With the aid
and counsel of Ysaye and Miss
Bertha Bauer, director of the Gin
cinnati Conservatory of Music, he ex-
poets to put his theories into definite
practice at the Cincinnati Conserva-
tory.
In his work with the military
bands he found the men interested
and eager to learn. MANY of the
men in small town orchestras, play
ing under second rate conductor,
have possibilities Of developing into
symphony players, were there any
means of training them, says Mo-
deste Alloo. ut is wonderful reve-
lation to many Of the men to learn
that with hard work and concentra-
ton they could produce Beethoven,
Tchaikowsky, Berlioz, Of whom many
Of them had never before heard.
Some you'd ask, Why should we re-
quire 125 men to render a selection
that rs men could play?' I would
not reply, but give them a practical
demonstration of the reason.
1T was this interest Of the men
to get kind of training which is
not easily accessible in America
which has prompted me to take up
this new department at the Cincin-
natl Conservatory. A man who is
interested in his music enough to