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New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

singed at racing, VIXEN she had feiened
an illness to persuade her husband 70
take her to Monte Carlo where she
vainly hopes 10 recoup her losses, this
colt turns her luck. He develops into
racer Of quality and retrieves her
fortune for her.
Mercifully, Grant Richards refrains
from pointing any moral Ii anything,
he gives some substance to the gam
bser's hope. He writes sharply and
lightly, but none the less realistically
ard he makes extremely clear and un-
derstandable the psychology OF the
gambler. Particularly, lie makes credi-
bic and consistent the duality OF his
character even if he does ask US T.
believe at the end, when the colt is
sold for fortune and she confesses
all to her husband, that she will give
up gambling forever. It is doubtful
whether, this side of catastrophe, one
who has known such ranging and color
full emotion would willingly subside
into the dun peace Of Weybridge
In spite of which Grant Richards has
written a clever and exciting story.
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in unheard-of amicabiity and pros
Perity. And social democracy is 3
reality there-the scavenger and the
cobbler are accounted high in the So
cial scale for their civic service Also.
there can be no ignorance there. since
admission to residence in the city is
by an examination similar to the one
Tor entering a university.
Estheticism Is also rampant in the
city. At stated intervals the population
is sentenced to pageants by Percy
Mackaye and his disciples. The very
parks are named for the poets-Rankin.
Sandburg, Joyce Kilmer, Masters. and
SO on. At sunset the populace adjourns
to the city towers TO see the SUNSET
from the glassed-in space Of the upper
halls, while the town choir sings tho
civic hymn. There is Gordon Craig
theater. The architecture of the city is
dominated by the so-called Violet
Curve, a complex rhythm, which il mag
n'fied from the whorls of the violet
petals, and the cottages are generally
violet in hue. The negro uuartea.
copies the gorgeous, famboyant houses
of the jungle.
This curious naive acceptance of every
cult, this catholicity that embraces the
Browning Society as enthusiastically as
the Midway, this vision of human per
lection SO simply and automatically ac
comphshed, is indescribably youthful.
intensely native and wholly character
istic of Lindsay. 1t sets at rest some
of our doubts as TO the INABILITY Of ou,
present world. Who could bear to be
sentenced to life of municipalized art
and virtue-of acres of mural decorations
Of prophylactic pageants, of solemn civic
choirs, of purple houses? The Golden
Book Of Springfield persuades that
nothing could be duller and drearier
more pretentious and undemocratic. than
Springfield in 20ls.
And It reconciles us more than we
could ever have believed possible to our
own -sorehensibe, sordid. ugly world.
For, bad as it is, it is never dull.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

and Daphne Is the daughter Of a set.
tier who ekes out his living on a
small farm. Their love affair ad.
vances with few Interruptions until
Daphne discovers that the elder H>yd
is plotting TO take away Colonel Pey-
toms ranch. She suspects Kenneth OF
completely, but he Indignantly denies
the charge and plays an active part in
thwarting his fathers scheme by rails.
Ing money 10 help meet the Colonel's
mortgages. Then he marries Daphne
the Colonel accepts him a. a partner
and the stage Is set for happy end.
ing.
There is something tonic and exhil-
arating in the atmosphere Of The Rose
Dawn. The author gives most spirited
picture Of the land boom, when "they
sold innate and scenery and found
there was enough Of a supply to break
the market" The tricks by which the
aucconcers sought to attract purchas-
ors the frantic bidding as the boom
reached its height; the sudden ominous
stump in the market; the final return Of
the disillusioned spectators to earth
and work and sanity. all these processes
are described with remarkable vigor.
one is sometimes reminded OF Steven
sons sketches Of San Francisco in The
Wrecker, although Mr.. White lays the
scene jof his story in much smaller
community.
A humorous touch is supplied by Il
CLUB" of cattlemen, hard workers, hard
drinkers, fast riders and expert shots,
who ride into town once month and
indulge in somewhat baechanalian GEL
ebration
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Lessons of War

MANY books about the war are
4'A chants Of patriotic jubilaton.
This is not the case with The Army of
1918. by Colonel Robert R. Mccormick
(Harcourt, Brace & Howe). The
author does not spare American ma
tional feeling in pointing out grave
defects which appeared in our military
organization during the war, due
chiefly TO Inadequate and faulty pre-
paredness. He processes unbounded
admiration for the French army and
asserts that our troops were most sue
ccssful when they followed French ad-
vice. Colonel Mccormick briefly re-
views the history of the war, emphasiz-
ing the strategic principle eHemplifei
in the battles in which the a. t. F.
participated
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Author OF Jurgen Outguesses Vice Society With III

Second Great War. Need we add that
eventually he escapes with his inam-
orata and that he delivers up Berlin
to the World State?
The story itself has ths flavor Of
The Radium Boys on Uranus and SINH
lar efforts, which booksellers announce
for Boys, 12-14,' but Mr.. Hastings
has hit on some entertaining conceits
which, properly developed. might make
The City of Endless Night an unusual
ly diverting legend. The application OF
eugenics, regardless of human love, is
satirized with no little skill, and some
OF the comic possibilities Of the pa
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Another Kind of Double | life
Grant Richards's Novel Has No Trace of the
Erotic

OUBLE LIFE, by Grant Rich
ards (Dodd, Mead) is chiefly
notable because its author pro-
ceeds on the assumntion, as
tonishing in modern novelist, that
there are other human adventures,
enterprises and passions than the erotic
one. Though life may have its fre-
Quent examples Of lively tunes played
on other strings in literature, these
are rare. Nevertheless it is out of
one Of these other instances that Grant
Richards has made fresh and divert
ing and thoroughly interesting story
So far from any sentimental uncer-
tsinty complicatlng the existence Of
the hero and heroine, the Incidents
Of the story rise out of the very
placidity of their relationship, out
Of becalmed marital assurance.
At thirty-fve Olivia Pemberton has
passed most of the hazards of mar
riage safely. Her husband, a novelist
Of moderate distinction who produces,
at regular intervals, passable novels
for a moderately appreciative public,
has worn we'll. Her life is comfort
ably grooved in the social life of a
middle-class English suburb A less
sensible woman, finding herself at this
depression with no more adventures in
sight, might be tempted TO look for
excitement In love affair, but Olivia
| Is discreet enough to recognize that
as an Improbable speculation. Where
upon, quite in the ordinary humdrum
run of things, she finds an interest
that gives high color to her life.
Her husband, searching atmosphere
for his next book, takes her on an out
of-season excursion to the racing town
OF Newmarket. She knows nothing Of
horses or racing, but this slim incident
invests with a character the hereto
fore unintelligible racing charts of the
! newspapers. In time she has the ex-
citement Of the names of horses she
had seen exercising on the heath-and d
her husband, amused by her thrill of
recognition, places a trifie on each for
her The money is lost, but on an
impulse, which she 10 ashamed to admit
to her husband, she opens an account
Of her own with broker. Grant
Richards has made exceedingly vivid
the small steps by which her gambling
! instinct is aroused and developed First
in small risks, then in larger ones,
she becomes more and more deeply in
volved. Her advances and retreats,
her development in nerve and audacity
the cur;ously mixed psychology of the
gambler-all these are shrewdly seen
and put down. Behind her decorous
existence as suburba. matron she
lives phantasmagoric e4 nee of hopes
and fee 5, Of extravagant ups and
downs, u feverish gains and losses,
almost never seeing q race, never know
ing at sight one horse from another.
Because Double Life is romance,
Providence is watchful of her. In the
first flush of her winnings, in all ab-
surdly innocent belief in her luck,
Olivia has invested In a racing colt and
placed it In q Newmarket stable for
training When she has been badly
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Awakening California
Stewart Edward Whites Novel Deals With tn.
Colorful Days of the Great Land Boom

HE Wild West has been 8 sort
Of happy hunting ground for
IL the imagination of some Of our
writer's who specialize in the
production Of red -blooded, adventurous
fiction. AS rule the first few pages
OF q story with q Western background
IRE expected TO contain half a dozen
shooting affrays, with perhaps a hold
up and a lynching thrown in for good
measure.
Stewart Edward Whites new novel
The Rose Dawn doubleday, Page.
violates all these accepted canons of
Western fiction. There isn't any shoot
ing. except at game, and the only
episode with tince Of violence is 8
harmless kidnapping. NotwithstanJ-
ne its unusually peaceful character, it
is a rattlins good story. we'll calcu-
lated to hold the readers attention
from start to finish. 1t completes the
tri.ogy. which includes Mr.. Whites
earlier works, Gold and The Grey
Dawn. .
The author describes an epoch Of
transition in California life. First, he
shows the easy, happy-go-lucky life o.
the older settlers. as exemplihed in
Colonel Peyton's large ranch, run with
maximum of hospitality and q mini
mum Of business sacacity. Then the
railroads reach the Coast, a land boom
sets in, and modern efficiency makes
its inroads upon the careless. lazy,
pleasant life of Southern California
The romance of Kenneth Boyd and
Daphne Brainerd is skillfully woven
into this tale Of sn exp lding and
swakening country. Kenneth is the
son OF q wealthy Eastern business man
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
The Title May Battle the Censors
But Love of Melicent and Perion Will Pass All
Purity Tests

/ Inns is almost a lost art in the mod
ern school OF writers drilled to turn
cut the long short story, to economjze
IN Ideas rather than words End make
one idea serve for several stories
Domnei constantly mpresses the read
CT as being SO crowded with narrative
that only the best of it will be told
When Perion is confronted by Duke
Sigurd's twenty men on the plains out
side the city Of Megaris, we are told
that he Showed the sun his sword and
went about his work" We think this
gives the whole picture without touch
ing too heavily on the sword brandish-
ing, the glitterng sun and other we'll
known tricks Of the word artists.
A Dcathbed Appeal
Demetrios, the tyrant proconsui, soft
ened on his deathbed. His last lines are
worthy of record
= "Oh, eyes and hair and lips OF Nell
cent" ne cried. that | have loved so
long, | do not hunger for you now.
Yet, as dying man, l cry to the clean
soul Of Me.iceut-the only adversary
that in all my lifetime I who was once
Demetrios could never conquer A raven
ing beast was /, and as beast ragged
to see you so unlike me And now, a
dying beast, cry TO you, but not for
love, since that Is overpast cry for
pity that have not earned, for pardon
which ! have not merited. Conquered
and impotent, / cry to you. o soul Of
Melicent, for compassion and pardon"
Only q versatile ritter could jump
from such poetic phrasirg to broad
humor Ali through the story it is ap-
parent that fabell appreciates the comic
side Of the struggle between Demetrios
and Perion for the love of Meicent. yet
he lets it bubble to the surface only
where it will not interfere with his mar
rative. He has written a comedy but
doesn't hold up his action to wait for
the laughs. We like this modesty.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

ternity laws, by which men are nomi-
mated TO be fathers of the race, are
we'll worked out.
AS q romance of the future, The City
of Endless Night is q pleasant story,
with little harmless satire against the
Hohenzollerns and for the League o.
Nations thrown in. But in the attempt
TO make it a popular product, the
author has substituted sentimentality
tor the carefree breeziness which
should hsvs bees the essence OF en~
tale. Literary inhibitions have spoiled
work that might, rs the jacket reads.
have won the author "a distinctive
place both as a satirist and as mas
ter Of imaginative invention"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Novel Of the Future
Berlin Pictured After the
Second Great War

rF Mr.. MENCKEN 10 on the watch
for further evidence of puritan
ism as literary force, he might
look at Milo Hastings's The City of
Endless Night (Dodd, Mcad) In this
narrative of Berlin g century hence
Mr.. Hastings has started with prom
isng idea, but he has almost ruined
his tale by the injection Of love story
involving a chemically pure chemist
and an equally spotless beauty. The
chemist, an American, finds his way
into Berlin, now roofed-in, isolated
city Of sixty levels. and, garbcd in the
uniform of 3 dead German officer, un-
oarths the secret by which the Germans
have been able TO remain Independent of
the democratic World State after the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

III
81 and doubtless with cause. of this
world we have made for them
TO live in, but few of them have so far
committed themselves to the mistake Of
its enterprise as to give US their notion
OF better one. Vachell Lindsay Is.
however, more than commonly free Of
the ordinary inhibitions of poets-and
here in The Golden Book of Spring.
Held. published by Macmillan, he cour-
ageousiy gives US his vision of the
City Beautiful.
tie peers into the future Of city he
knows well-Springfeld, ILL.,, his nstiye
clty-and sees it, hundred years
hence, remodeled closer to his hearts
desire. He sees the subimation and evo-
luton of his own friends and $3.50
ciates in little group called the
frognosticators' Club. bound up with the
growth Of the city. their work and
thoughts bearing fruit in new and sur
prising ways. 1t is q rhapsodic vision
mystically derived from golden book
which flies and alights wherever the
glory Of Springfield is brightest.
The sublimation of Springfield rep
resents curious tumble of ideals. in
the mind of Mr.. Lindsay. Springfield
in 2ol8 is sort of celestial city-an
amazing combination of an orthodox
heaven. an apocalyptic utopia, an I'M
mers]on in sort Of Masonic mysticism
and gigantically enlivened with the
gayety fand spontaneity) Of per-
petual worlds fair. All the youth of
Springfield is enrolled in sort of
militant Epworth League TO crusade
against evil both home and abroad
the youths joined in Horseshoe
Brotherhood and the maidens in an
Amazon Sisterhood. Virtue Is mill
tart in the celestial city; it Hebraical-
" compels the non-conformist with
the edge Of the sword.
Not t.. religious toleration Is lack
ing IN tne celestial city Every kind
Of church and religion Hourishes there
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
In the House of Another

The story Of mistaken identity easily
extends itself into the story of trans
ferred Identities. In the House OF An
other Century Company, 5y Beatrice
Mantle, uti!izes this psychical phe.
nomenon in novel and entertaining
manner.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
And Only Century Away
Life Will Be One Grand Sweet Song in
Springfield

<ROM time immemoral the poets
II have been sharply scornful,
II and doubtless with cause, of thi.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
; trlon Sails Away

And the tale tells how Perion sailed
nth his retainers 30 seek desperate
ssfVi>e n'esr the narried Kaiser Of
sas Greel-."
Fron This detachcd, pa-siv. form
~ Dirn@cs ifarcd .a,ely into the heart
= re story .n tte yery active uSice
>"sz'bz ~ fhe sreicyaat details and
,tT<og 'ae olzt e.,cted moments
Fafaefgs eones back ~ report N
.sleeet tae 81 fortone that has be-
'sllsn Psr.>n N hlz trip
Grant II is lsaghable," ne conclude.
= Hp oot isugh
md ! Iack time 10 weep" Melicsnt
tSrie,
I 1'.1 tsack n dy'yinv his
y3.4;sg an. w1rGs.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

LIFE. by Grant Rich
ards (Dodd, Mead is chiefly
notable because its author pro-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

H~HE Wild West has been q sort
Of happy hunting ground for
H. the imagination Of some Of our
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

"a W Fy~s.s- ~.
ba3 -asee&-, q ~ = Z i.1x no. @ss =
Evening journal., 1920-03-31
Eve Specialist and Naturalization
Report on Wonderful Remedy
To Strengthen Eyesight


strain, caused by overworked, tfHsd eye
which induced fierce headaches. I have
worn glasses for several years, both for
distance and close work, and without them
/ could not read my own name on an en-
yelope or the typewriting on the machine
before me. can do both now and have
discarded my lOng-distance glasses alto
gether. I can count the nuttering leaves on
the trees across the street now, which for
several years have looked like a dim green
blur 60 me ! cannot express my JOY al
IL is believed that thousands who wear
glasses can now discard them in reason
able time and multitudes more viii be able
to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared
the trouble and expense Of ever getting
glasses. Eye troubles OF many descriptions
may be wonderfully benefited In this easy
bottle Of Bon-Opto tablets. Dissolve one
tablet In fourth Of glass OF water and
use from two to four times a day. You
should notice your eyes clear up percept-
IDLY right from the start and Inflammation
and redness viii quickly disappear. II your
eyes bother you even a little, It Is your
duty to take steps TO save them now be-
fore It is too late. Many hOpelessly blind
cared for their eyes In time.
NOTE: Another prominent physician to
whom the above article was submitted,
said: Yes, the Bon-Opto prescription is
truly a wonderful eye remedy. It's con
stituent ingredients are well known to emil
nent eye specialists and widely prescribed
Dy them. nave useu ~ serA suScesalu - 49,
IN my own practice on patients whose eyes
were strained through oyerw0rk OF mishC
glasses. Il is one Of the very few prepara-
tons l feel should be kept on hand for
regular use in almost every family" Bon
Optic referred to above, Is not a patent
medicine or a secret remedy. It Is an ethi-
cal preparation, the formula being printed
on the package. The manufacturers guar
antee it to strengthen eyesight 90 per cent.
in one weeks time in many instances or
refund the money. 1t Is dispensed under
guaranty by an good druggists In this city,
Including Liggett's Riker- Hegeman store.
Evening journal., 1920-03-31

had almost disappeared, and at the end OF
six weeks the eye was pronounced saved.
Just think what the saving Of that eye
means to this little grill Another case Is
that Of lady 9s years old. She came to
me with dull vision and extreme innam-
nation Of the lids and the conjunctiva was
almost raw. After two weeks use OF Bon
Optic the lids were absolutely normal and
her eyes are as bright as many girl
Of 49,"
DR.. Judkins, Massachusetts, physician and
medical author, formerly chief OF clinics
in the Union General Hospital, Boston
Mass, and formerly house surgeon at the
New England Eye and Ear lnhrmary OF
Portland. Maine, says:
Il have found oculists too prone 20 op-
crate and opticians too willing TO pre-
scribe glasses, wlrtie neglecting the simple
formulas which form the basis Of Bon
Optic, which in my opinion, is a remark
OF many eye disorders. Its success In de-
veloping and strengthening the eyesight
will soon make eyeglasses old-fashioned
and the use Of Bon-Opto as common as that
convinced from my experience with Bon
Optic that IL will strengthen the eyesight
at least 80 per cent. In one weeks time In
many instances"
nesses and many who wear glasses will be
glad to know that according to Drs. Smith
and Judkins, there is real hope and help
for them. Many whose eyes were falling
say them have had their eyes restored by
this remarkable remedy and many who
once wore glasses say they have laid them
aside. One man says after using It:
II was almost blind. Could not see to
read at all. No~ / can read everything
without any glasses and my eyes do not
hurt any more AT night they would pain
dreadfully. Now they. feel fine all the
time IL was like a miracle to me-" A
lady who used it says: "The atmosphere
seemed hazy with or without glasses, but
after using this prescription for 10 days
seems clear. / can read even
fne print without glasses" Another who
used II says 81 was bothered with eye
Evening journal., 1920-03-31

New York.-Dr. Smith, a well-known eye
specialist, and DR.. Judkins, Massachusetts
physician and medical author, make the
I following reports after a thorough test Oh
a popular remedy for the eyes
Says DR.. Smith: when my attention
was FIRST called to II, was inclined to be
skeptical. But 1t is a rule Of mine to give
every new treatment a chance to prove its
value. Having specialized in eye work
for many years, feel qualified to express
eyes. Since this one has created such a
sensation / welcomed the opportunity to
test IL. began to use II in my practice a
little over year ago and | am frank to
complished with Bon-Opto not only astonish
myself, but also other physicians with
whom I have talked about II, and / ad-
wise every thoughtful physician to give
there is no doubt In my mind that he will
come TO the conclusion have, that II opens
the door for the cure of many eye troubles
which have heretofore been difficult to
cope with. l have had individuals who
had worn glasses for years tell me they
have dispensed with them through the use
seen it strengthen the eyesight more than
90 per cent. in one weeks time 1 have
also used 1t with surprising results in cases
of work-strained eyes, pink eye, iniamed
lids, catarrhal conJunctivities, smarting,
painful, aching, itching eyes, eyes weakened
from colds smoke, sun, dust and wind,
watery eyes, blurred vision, and, In fact,
many other conditions too numerous to
mention in this report. A new and strik-
ing case that has Just been brought to my
attention is that Of girl IL years old Two
prominent eye specialists, after a thorough
examination, decided, according TO her
father, that in order to save the sight Of
her right eye, the left must be removed.
While awaiting an opportunity for the
operation and still undecided as to Its wis
dom, her father was told Il would do no
harm to us Bon-Opto. In less than three
days a marked Improvement was noticed
At the end Of a week the Inflammation
Evening journal., 1920-03-31
ALIENS STREAMING
BACK TO CHESTER

CHESTER Pa March s1~-Chsst
industrials are once moro tho mecca
for seekers Of the pot OF gold for hun
dreds OF aliens who have arrived here
this week. European immigrants, In
cluding Portuguese. Mexicans. West
Indians, arrived here and have already
been swallowed up In the industrial
needs for unskilled labor. Seven hun
dred Meaicans alone have been given
employment In the river front indus
tries this week.
Almost one thousand Italians, many
Of them here before. have come back
from Italy and are finding ready en-
ployment in the shipyards and other
industries. Many Of these men during
the war made bug money and returned
to their homes at the close OF the
Evening journal., 1920-03-31
MODERN ISAIAH
MUST BECLEAN
Healer Must Wash His
Hands Between LAY
ings On"
NEW ORLEANS GETS
AFTER 1920 PROPHET"
N. z. A. stan cpecial.

N. 2. A. stan cpecial.
NEW ORLEANS. March s0.-"Brother
isaiah" aged faith healer here has
fallen afoul OF the State board OF health
which alleges he doesn't wash his
hands between laying on"
The Brother" says he is entirely
willing 10 use any soap prescribed. The
mayor and police OF New Orleans have
refused TO take action against the old
man, because they say most people are
anxious to have him continue his heal
ing"
Since he began his minlstrations
about month ago the multitude that
daily attends his sermons has increas-
ed TO the point where the Red Cross
Evening journal., 1920-03-31
InAvELrRg AIn ACTIVE.

The Travellers Aid Societies OF this
city and Baltimore are cooperating IN
furnishing assistance TO aged and In
flrm people travelling between the two
cities.
The Baltimore society, at the request
OF the local society. yesterday secured
accommodations for Albert Hamilton,
who is going 10 Baltimore for special
treatment at Johns Hopkins University
Hospital.