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Collyer' S Selections for
Monday S Races

One best bet of the day-Abadane.
Best take-a-chance bet-Lord
Brighton
Rest parIay-RancOcnS,D Dunboyne,
Our Flag to show.
First Race-Glenwell, Earnest A.
HOFsCh.
cOcaS, Faunus.
Third Race-Crystal Ford, Thun-
dCrstOrm, Lord Brighton.
Fourth Race-Abadanc, Wilson
Entry. BaIlymOOney.
Fifth Raee-WhItney Entry, Dun
bOyne, Lion dor.
sixth Race-HiIdur. SedgefeId, Our
Flag.
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DE PALMA BREAKS
RECORD AT ELCIN

Elgin, ILL.,, Aug. 2S.-Ralph de
Palma, driving a record -shattering
race, today won the eighth annual
Elgin road race of $50 miles De
Palma led a field of eight the entire
distance in his Ballot Special and
roared across the line with a speed
way record average of 79Ia mileg an
hour. His time was 3:O9;54. De
Palma also set lap record of GIL
minutes for the S12 mile course.
SARATOGA ENTRIES
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KEMPTON PARK RESULTS

First Raes.-HOlIand. 1O2 tFodenl. o. 20,
40, 2-4O; Joe Tag. 1O2 tMahoneyJ, 4 80.
I. 30; voOrmeI. lO5 lGaugeD. 2.GO Time,
.u3 %. Orchestra and Our Kate also ran.
Second Rsce-Pie. 1O4 CPauleyD. $50. :. 10.
> co; PunCtuaL los Hayward. 800 80;
Nauniken. 100 Casey, 2.7O. Time. ia
Emma J. Viva Cuba nd Handy Girl also ran.
Third Raoe--Skyman. 1OT tPauleyI. Is 80.
6 40. 4. 80: Assumption, 112 (HaywardD. 3 10,
80: Candelaria, lUT Woods, 800. Time.
1.O3. Guardsman. Nick Klein. BOnstelle and
MGigornel also ran.
Fourth Race. - Paulav. 1OT CKingIingD,
Is 80. 8. 40. 3 30; Concha, l15 (BarnesJ, :. so,
. On; Will soon, III Casey. $40. Time,
1s52 IL. Tit for Tat and IabaIa Free also
Tun.
Other Ksmpton Park results delayed be-
cause Of wire trouble.
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Stole Club in Field.

The Stole Athletic and Social Club,
newly organized. will put teams in
all branches of sports on the field.
The club has several old Empire
Clubmen, who are experienced foot
ball and basketball players. The
new club will hold it's next meeting
Thursday night at 311 r street
northeast.
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Olympic A. c. to Meet.

The Olympia 4. c. will hold an
important business meeting Tuesday
evening, beginning at 7:3O D. m. All
members are requested to be present,
as plans for fall and winter ath-
letics will be discussed. The club
holds its meetings at the clubhouse,
323h Ninth street southeast.
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Moran Gets Shade.

East Chicago, Ind, Aug. 2s.-Par
Moran, New Orleans lightweight,
earned a slight shade over Charley
White, of Chicago, in their ten
round bout this afternoon. Moran
was recently sjyen a referees deci-
sion over White ar New Orleans.
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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
A Neglected Poet
Sympathetic Memoir of
Locker Lampson
A n UNUSUALLY handsome piece

A n UNUSUALLY handsome piece
~ of bookmaking is Augustine
Birrell's "Frederck Locker
Lampson-A Character Sketch" pub
lished by Scribners. Fine, too, is the
sympathetic memoir Of the able, but
somewhat neglected, poet, who was Mr..
Rirrell's father-in-law. 1t is written
in a pleasant, leisurely mode, and even
those who take no great interest in
one Of the founders of modern society
verse" will find enjoyment between it's
gray board covers.
If there is a flaw in the work it is
the lack of anecdote. There is too
much of Lockers antecedents and too
little about the man himself, But
bibliophiles especially will treasure
the volume for its comprehensive
photographed notes on Lockers ia
nous Rowfant collection, and it is
grateful to see reprinted Austin Dob
sons Twelve Good Rules Of Familiar
Verse. 4. @sza
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
Essays From Punch"

The letters "a A. M" which stand
for A. A. Milne, are a familiar sigma
ture to all readers of punch" wherein
they always assure entertainment A
collection of his essayettes is offered
to American readers by E. P. Dutton &
Co. under the title, "Not That 1t Mat
ters." 1t includes about half a hun
dred short articles on diverse and
casual topics written with such grace
and wit and charm as make the book a
delightful companion for an odd half
hour. His touch is always light and
graceful, his fancy amusing and his
perslfiage entertaining enough to make
one forget for the moment the heat,
or the humidity, or the toothache. The
book can be particularly recommended
for railway journey or for the half
hour just before going to bed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
"|Waters of Strife''
War Novel With Action in
Two Countries

TN HE fiction inspired by the war
has revealed interesting combi-
nations in nationalities. Last
week the reviewer read a novel that in
volved in its plot Germans, Frenchmen
and Armenians, and now we are giving
our mental reactions to George Vane's
"The Waters of Strife" (John Lane),
in which figure Americans, Englishmen,
Belgians and Germans. Undoubtedly
the future will bring forth new group
ings in even more intricate tangles and
unravellings.
Vane's story is good and bad. He ex-
kibts ingenuity in the manner in which
he assemblies his characters, before the
outbreak of the war, in little Eng
lish town. Theirs, he develops the love
motif of an Englishman and an Amer
lean girl who has Belgian blood in her
veins from her fathers side in ances-
try, and introduces German masseuse
who is in reality a spy in communica-
ton with Berlin. When the war opens
all these people are swept over to Bel
GUM and into the center of the whirl-
pool of August and September, 1914.
We confess that the plot of "The
Waters of Strife" is good, with movie
possibilities. And right there is the
crux of our criticism There is too
much exaggeraton in action and eff
fusion of sentiment in this book
American readers will tire Of the au-
thor's too frequent reference to SYM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
Tales by Mr.. and Mrs. Rice

Alice Hogan Rice, the creator of the
celebrated Mrs. Wiggs,' and Gale
Young Rice, her husband and author
of "Shadowy Thresholds" and other
books Of poetry, have hitherto gone
along their individual literary ways in
separate books, but now the Century
Company announces forthcoming
volume having the names of both on
its title page. 1t is called Turn About
Tales" and is made up of ten stories,
five by Mrs. Rice and FIVE by Mr.. Rice.
each author alternating with story.
The book presents Mr.. Rice. who has
hitherto confined himself virtually to
poetry, as a rather skillfu practition
err, it is said, of the short-story form.
Mrs. Rice's short stories, of course.
have long been delight, but she may
turn about now and devote herself to
poetry to even things up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15

at distance that renders other speak
ers inaudible.
An Average Boy
"He is not an intellectual, and he is GER
tainly not a dullard. He rather fills
the average of the youth of modern
times, with an extreme fondness of
modern activities, which include golfing,
running and walking, jazz music and
jazz dancing (when the prettiest of
partners is by no means deterrent)
sightseeing and the rest, and my own
impression is that he is much more at
home in the midst of hearty crowd
the more democratic the better-than
in the most august of formal gather
ings."
The Canadians took very kindly to
this normal, bashfui, intensely human
young man, and his journey was a
triumphal progress from start to
finish. Every city tried to Guido it's
neighbors in the hearty and vocifer-
Gus quality Of its welcome. At Toronto
the princes right hand, to use his own
expression, was done in" by the
throngs which would not be satisfied
without shaking hands with him.
Mr. Newton describes the whole trip
very we'll, with an especially quick eye
for its playful and humorous episodes
At Winnipeg one of the papers burst
into verse on the subject of the Prince S
reception:
Get out the old silk bonnet,
Iron a new shine on it;
Just pretend your long tailed coat does
not seem queer,
For we'll all be proper
AS crossing copper
When the Prince Of Wales is here"
All in ALL the prince seems to have
enjoyed the Canadians as much as they
enjoyed him. He addressed the Quebec
Town Council in French; he rounded
up cattle with the cowboys on the
Western plains, and he INDUCED in the
sensation Of a "flier" on the Winnipeg
Stock Exchange. A tribe of Indians
greeted him as Chief Morning Star
aand he temporarily donned the head
dress and costume Of redskin warrior
The princes trip was not marred by
single untoward incident, and the
young heir to the British throne com.
pletely won the hearts of the Cana
dams by his affability, democracy anc
simplicity. The journey receives a very
sympathetic and skillful description 81
J the hands of Mr.. Newton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
Victorian Satire
Exhaustive Study of This
Element in Novels

II T HAS become a fad among literary
critics to speak disparagingly Of
the Victorian novelist. Following
the hue and cry of Wells, Shaw ct al.
the fellow with the mimic's mind tells
us whenever occasion occurs that the
old chaps Of that past nineteenth CEN
fury era rode around in a circle,
with much cracking of whip and rais-
ing of dust, but with no change of in
tellectual or spiritual locality" There's
lot Of foolish twaddle in this twen-
tieth century cocksureness. One should
pause moment before the panel Of the
dominant thirteen names of the Vic
torian period-Peacock, Lytton, Dis
raeli, Gaskell, Thackeray, Dickens,
Reade, Trollope, Bronte, Kingsley.
Eliot, Meredith, Butler-and confess
TO himself that they did very web, af-
ter all; that the story-spinners of the
present day still have got to travel
fast and far before they come abreast
Of that group in fame.
At first thought it would appear
that satire was not forte with the
Victorian. This being no doubt a.
prevalent view to-day, there IS place
on our shelf of authorities for Frances
Theresa Russell's Satire in the VIC
torian Novel" (Macmillan). This book,
recently published, is the result of an
extremely careful and scholarly ~-s-s-
cal study of the use CT satire by the
novelists Of the Victorian period. L
has been a distinct revelation to Us.
for in the methodical development OF
its argument and in its frequent and
always wise employment of reference
and quotation it gives the student 4
broad light of comprehension, revela-
tory glow over the entire rance of the
above-named thirteen as satirists.
The author OF Satire in the Vic
torian Novel; is in strict accord with
truth when she says that 1--WE have IS
yet invented nothing to surpass the
general Victorian satiric philosophy
Our friend who sneers at and belabors
the British novelists of half century
and more ago turns TO us and says,
well, what did they really accom-
plish by their satire?' The answer
lies in the pages of Professor S. P.
Sherman's "Modern Literature" in a
passage quoted with telling effect by
the author of the book before us:
"They did not seek to make the world
over, but only to accomplish q few
simple things like abolishing slavery.
sweatshops, corn laws, the schools of
Squeers, imprisonment for debt, the
red tape of legal procedure, the belief
in pestilence and typhoid as visitations
of God" "a few simple things,"
Well, writer of modern fiction, dip
your pen in the ink of satire and see
if you can do as well in the way of bet
tering life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
An Anthology Of British Verse
Mr.. Unterneyer's Collection Includes Works
of Eighty Poets
OUIS UNTERMEYER has done

TT OUIS UNTERMEYER has done
n another service for contempor-
0-S airy verse in "Modern Brit
ish Poetry" (Harcourt, Brace
and Howe), which, modestly described
as "a collection" is an excellent crit-
cal anthology representing eighty Brit
ish poets from about 1885 to the pres
ent day. The peculiar virtue of Mr..
Untermyers volume lies in the fact
that it is sufficiently elementary to be
ineligible to the reader whose knowl-
edge of the subject is limited and at
the same time sufficiently thoughtful
to be stimulating to the poetry lover.
1t is that rare and valuable phenome-
non, text book that may be read for
pleasure.
The brief introduction on the new
influences and tendencies indicates Mr..
Untermeyer's Interpretation of the
forces which have brought British
poetry to its present status. Not be-
ing professional scholar, Mr. Inter
meyer sensbly disregards purely
metaphysical considerations and ig-
nores the ALLEGED influence of classic
writer's. He hews directly to the line
and the chips that fall are the decay
of Nictorianism the Aesthetic phloso-
ply, ''the muscular influence of Hen
ley" the Celtic revival, the contribu-
tions of Kipling and Mascfield and the
almost simultaneous appearance of the
war and "The Georgians." This ap-
proach strikes us as altogether sane
and refreshing; it is relief to find
critic who does not suggest that our
younger poets have been finding their
inspiration in Dante or in the French
decadents.
Perhaps the muscular influence of
Henley" receives a little too much
stress in Mr.. Untcrmeyer's discussion.
which is not unnatural when we learn
of that mixture of beauty and brutal
lty' which is the "most human and
endearing quality of poetry. Mr..
Untermeyer is the apostle of erich
and almost vulgar vividness," and vet
he has an ear for the more delicate
lyricism which distinguishes such
poets as Walter De la Mare and Ralph
Hodgson. 1t is the essential health. the
indigenous high spirit of British verse
that appeals most strongly to Mr..
untermeyer. Perhaps that is why he
omlts all reference to the efforts of the
imagists and represents the free verse
school only by F. S. Flint's London"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15

At least fragment by "H. D." might
have been included in the volume.
But an anthology, to be worth max
ing, must represent the personality of
Its maker. And Mr.. Untermeyer's
anthology is splendid representation
of the healthy, unabashed contact with
life which is the glory Of our best
modern poetry. Withal it is eclectic
and liberal, and a spirited answer to
those who profess to mourn the decay
Of fine, clear singing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
Small Maynard Publications

The early fall publications OF Small,
Maynard & Co. include three novels
1.-THE Gray Angels" by Nalbro BARLEY.
"The Four Just Men," by Edgar Wal
lace; "Christine of the Young Heart, >"
by Louise Breitenbach Clancy, and four
juveniles, I'm Story Land by Ruth
Irma Low; Jim Morse: Gold Hunter
by j. Alan Dunn, and George Soper's
illustrated editions of alice in Wonder
land" and Kingsley's Heroes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
DR.. Voronoff Explains His Theory

DR.. Voronoff Explains His Theory
A translation of DR.. Sergius Voronoff's
book, "Vivre," which has electrified the
scientific world and amazed the lay
men Of Europe, will be published in
the United States during the fall season
by E. P. Dutton & Co. In it DR.. Voro-
noff tells the story of his world-famous
glands from young and vigorous animals
upon old or feeble ones of the same
species and from monkeys upon men,
whereby their youthful strength and
experiments in which he grated the
thyroid gland of monkey upon boy
who had been an idiot because he had
no thyroid gland resulted so success
telligent. The book makes an expos-
ton of the theory upon which Dr.
Voronoff has worked, gives full ac
count of his many and varied expert
IHcIlLS anu SSlS 1OIlll IIc DtutIlL VI tic
human race which will result from his
studies. 1t is now being translated
for the buttons and will be published
under the title, probably, of either
Life" or "Vitality" DR.. Voronoff is
the director of the physiological labora-
tory of the College of France. His
wife, who was before her marriage
Miss Evelyn Bostwick, of New York, is
his assistant and cooperator in his in
vestigations. She was trained as a
nurse in a New York hospital and
served in both the South African and
the World wars. Dr. and Nine. Voro-
noff are now in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15
The Human Costs of the War
With the Fighting Ended, the Real Losses Are
Coming to Light

1aces as to what war means to that
vastly larger number of civilians who
were drawn into its tolls After read
ing this book one feels that almost
anything which might possibly tend to
end war should be tried Even though
there are uncertainties and risks and
large possibilities of only partial full
tillment, you are willing to try almost
anything when you see how nearly
civilization has been undone in Europe
since 1914
1t is impossible to be very optimistic
about the early recovery of Europe af-
ter reading this book. 1t IS only too
obvious that the recovery must be slow
and more or less uncertain. Mr.. Davi-
son states that the world, including
the United States, is now menaced by
the epidemics raging in Europe. Mr..
tolks's book shows that it could not
be otherwise; that the inevitable re-
suit of what has taken place in Europe
is return to the Middle Ages of cpl
denies and pcstilences.
Looking ahead, dangers and losses
loom large. 1t probably will surprise
people to know that the deficit of births
IN Europe is as large as the number of
deaths Of soldiers, and that the excess
Of deaths from diseases among civilians
runs into unheard-of and incalculabe
figures.
The book is always restrained, con-
sentative, undertaking rather than
overstating the facts. For this rea-
son it is all the more alarming
There is one reason for which, if for
no other, every good American should
read this book. 1t will help him to
understand Europe, and, at this mo-
ment, he has no more imperative duty.