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New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

vocabulary; his adjectives never get
out of hand; his verbs are broken to
all park gaits; he knows the value Of
understatement; he is a fastidious man
OF the world, saying in impeccable
English that such and SO mildly inter-
ests him and that he has been amused
by this and that. There are writer
chaps who have made him smile in the
lronical fashion of Anatole France, who
would be his idol if sit were good form
to admit worship at any shrine. I
shall reread this modish literary per-
son, for he has a sly wit that is devil-
lshly memorable, but ! do wish that
ne would rave a few paragraphs in
praise of some one and once in q while
throw volume to the other end of the
room and sail into it for few critical
rounds with both hands, punching the
typewriter in an honest effort to score
a Knockout. In a word, 1 want to find
Philip Littell excited over something or
somebody. I don't imagine that he
would leave his club chair to look at
a rousing fight outside the window or
a pretty girl passing in one Of those
knee-length Paris skirts. He never
goes into high speed, and books and
men find him frostily appreciative or
disdainfully opposed. But he can
write English that is quotable and
when he permits himself really to
recommend a writer he submits
savory passage or two by way Of cre-
dentials. He likes Max Beerbohm,
"the Incompatible Max" but what does
he mean when he writes of his prose
that it reveals "an almost masculine
intuition into the essential virtue of
words? Now this sounds like "wisc
crack" and J. have met more than one
Max Beerbohm fan who has SHE'D at
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
\ HE commercial needs and re-
sources Of Russia are fully dis
cueaad in John Sparpo,a new


sources Of Russia are fully dis
cussed in John SparRo's new
book, entitled Russia as an
American Problem" (Harper's). He
points out the economic strength
and weakness Of the former Russian
Empire: Its immense potential wealth
apd its hitherto meager development.
With its almost untapped food and
| mineral resources and it's huge indus
trial possibilities, Russia is q tempting
market and field for the foreign. mer-
chant and investor. Mr.. Spargo urges
the American people to secure their
full share Of Russian trade as soon as
circumstances make the resumption Of
commercial relations between the two
countries possible. In the following
paragraph he repudiates the familiar
Socialist theory that foreign invest
ments are potent source Of friction
and oppression between nations and
that they benefit only small number
Of wealthy investors:
'There is nothing to be gained by
trying to gloss with sentimental ideali-
cation the hard. cold facts OF life. We
are a capitalist nation, living in a
capitalist world, in an era Of capital
ism.z Some Of US believe that another
form Of society would be better and
give larger happiness to far greater
number Of people. In the mean time
only visionaries and addle-pated chat
terers profess to be Indifferent to the
success or failure Of our capitalist en-
terprise. Failure means disaster and
suffering for the masses, not merely a
loss Of profits for small class Of in
vestors. II great foreign market is
closed to our trade for ary reason,
unless others rs great or greater are
| opened up. the contraction Of the mar
ket affects adversely the whole eco
nomic life of the nation"
The author describes at length the
economic possession of Russia. He
shows how Germany, because Of her
geographical contiguity, her greater
knowledge of Russian customs and her
intensive campaign of commercial pene-
tration, had secured the lions share of
Russia's trade in the days before the
war. Taking advantage Of Russia's
weakness and supplementing her COM
mercial activities with military inter-
vention, Japan, as Mr.. Spargo points
out, has proceeded measurably far with
the economic subjugation of SiberiA
To save Russia from the clutches of
two such rapacious and unscrupulous
nations as Germany and Japan is, in
! Mr. Spargo's opinion, a question not
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

RUSKIN CENTENARY ADDRESSES, 1919.
Edited by j. Howard Whitehouse. Pub
lished by the Oxford University Press,
New York.
Addresses delivered by Lord Bryce,
John William Mackail and other speak
ers on the occasion of the Ruskin cen
tenary.
THE OPIUM MONOPOLY. BY Ellen N.
La Motto. Published by the Macmillan
Company New York.
An exposure of the evils of the opium
traffic maintained under the British
administration in the Far East
A HISTORY OF EVERYDAY THINGS IN
ENGLAND. Written and Illustrated bv
Marjorie and G. II. b. Quennel. Pub
lshed by Charles Scribners Sons, New
York.
The second part Of history of Eng
lish manners and customs from 1900 to
1893. -
ELEMENTS OF RETAIL SALESMAN
SHIP. BY Paul Wesley Ivey. Published
by the Macmillan Company, New York.
The principles Of retail salesmanship,
illustrated by concrete examples,
PRACTICAL FLY FISHING. By Larry St.
John. Published by the Macmillan Com
pany. New York. >
A companion book to the authors
"Practical Bait CASTING"
MONTGOMERY EXCESS PROFITS TAN
PROCEDURE. BY Robert H. Montgom-
cry. c. r. a. Published by the Ronald
Press, New York.
An exhaustive manual dealing with
the excess profits tax.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
ppARENTLY the few remain
ING Britishers who are not


ing Britishers who are not
- lecturing in the United States
= at this moment are devoting
.kair energies to poetry, so that they
,.,v have an excuse for an ocean trip.
r il not stated whether W. J. Turner
shos4 sThe Dark Wind" (Dutton) has
MT veen issued in this country. will
.,,ift us this season. but the biograph-
;..l notice 10 Oshert Sitwell's Cargo
,.ut and Juggernaut" (Knopf) informs
). that we may expect Captain Sitwell
!, hold forth propria persona at any
aour. Isnt anybody planning to spend
TIA GUNNER in London?
II Captain Sitwell is to make a lec-
mn tour entirely on his poetic merits
: -but,yeu probably understand. "Argo-
o.ut and Juggernsut" is 8 mixture of
impressionism and satire, the one be-
mo trihe too vague and the other bit
oyercbvious. In his prelude Captain
sitwell bids us "melt up the cliches,"
mt there are plenty OF unmelted
,rehes in his verses He leans to end
less deeps, pillars of night, crystal dew,
secret bowers, ashen lips, Pickering
l;shts and flaming swords, to select
,.v at random. His satire is aimed
chiefly at that reliable punching bag,
mjddle-class smugness, but his attacks
On the armchair patriots Of more than
military age who plumed themselves on
beiue "grand old men" are bitterly to
she point.
The kindly old gentleman cried
TO the young:
Will you sacrifice
Through your lethargy
What your fathers died to gain?
Our cause is in peril.
The world must be made safe for the
young!"
And the children
The jingoistic sentimentality of the
Sitwell, fighting man.
Yeu hope that we shall tell you that
they found their happiness in fight
ing,
Or tha. they died with song on their
lips,
Or that we shall use the old familiar
phrases
With which your paid servants please
you in the press:
Bnt We are poets
And shall tell the truth.
II Is all somewhat overwrought and
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Warder, o! Another Poet Lecturer Knocl<s At O 1ae
that furtive masculine" What is II
all ahout2

that furtive "masculine." What is II
all about?
He takes q fall out Of late novel;
ist whom he calls Richard the Lion
Harding for intimating in his war cor
respondence that he adored and shared
the tight-lipped reticence and careless
courage Of the English officers, but he
himself intimates again and again that
he is a clubman and remarks that
"Heber tastefully disposed his evening
clothes" and Bishop laid out his gin"
Deucedly smart, eh, what! Twice
happy and doub]y served critic to have
both "Heber" and "Bishop."
Lawrence Gilman, in telling the
world what he thought of Philip Lit
tell, said: "He is also an emotionalist.
and his emotionalism is what the
worthy, DR.. Freud calls 'overcorrected. ,
This has given rise in his literary be-
havior to various neuroses. 1t has
made him self-conscious. He is too de-
liberately at ease; he is too inflexibly
unmoved; one cannot imagine him
knowing the wild and guilty Joy of
writing like damned fool" If Lit
tell could rid himself Of the inhibitions
bred Of too close study of purple pas
sages and diploma pieces in English
prose, II he could tell all his well-bred
taboos to go to the devil and then wax
nightly enthusiastic over writer or
a personality, he would write about the
best American prose Of the period.
He's got it in him, but the nigger of
good form is sitting on the safety
valve. Philip should blow off steam,
and IN doing SO make himself great
lord OF words that sing, or cajole, or
persuade. or terrify, or shake US out
OF ourselves as by an explosion. He
wears binders now to keep color out
of his prose. Knowing rules and word
magic he declines their spells.
Yet, when all is said, Books and
Things" is a vastly readable volume
have to admit wish that had writ
ten most Of it.
May one pray that~some night wher
"Hebcr puts back his things" and
Philip "dines at home on a chop and q
glass of sherry" he will send Heber
and Bishop to vaudeville, show and,
freed Of their grave restraint, permit
himself to be human in an essay?
WALTER j. KINGSLEY.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
About a Column
Books and Things"

have been reading Philip Littelvs
Books and Things" He has that
chastity Of style that feels bromide
like a wound; he writes in the gen.
tlemanly interest and he finds may
things in books and the actions of men
that are mot quite NICE" He seems to
me to have that exquisite appreciation
for use and wont and ordered life that
makes Arthur Christopher Benson, his
English counterpart in criticism, feel
that a movable feast day in the reli-
gious calendar is just little wayward
as compared with fixed feast day.
Philip is completely master Of his
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Well, That's Rectified

| know pretty smart housewife
whose mind does not go smoothly
along with Haywood Broun's when he
hints in last Sundays Tribune at the
possibility of modern woman's "sit-
ting on top of her own hearth peeling
potatoes with one hand, rocking a
cradle with the other and singing Home,
Sweet Home." Sitting on top of a
hearth may be practicable, but she
doubts the ability to peel potatoes with
one hand and suggests the wisdom of
rocking the cradle with a foot. Won't
you see to this correction? is.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Two British Poets
cantain Sitwell Satirical Impressionist-Mr
Turner an Unconscious Parodist

it lacks the restraint which such irony
ought to have, but even in these DAYS
OF peace it is not without it's appli-
cation. Nevertheless, Captain Sitwell
does not hesitate to write rhyme tell
ing how Pierrot, dying in the war,
found his soul.
If Captain Sitwell can tear himself
free of the conventional patterns which
influence the balk of his work he should
develop into an able lyrical satirist.
Evidently he has something to say, but
he has yet to master his medium, for
his craftsmanship sometimes slumps
into such sloppiness as near-rhyme Of
"joy-store" and "toy Shore" His next
volume probably will demonstrate
whether he may lecture by any right
other than that inherent in the son Of
"the present head of one of the most
important families-socially-i Eng
land to-day" as his publisher has it.
w. ]. Turner, by his own confession,
is "hunter after wayward words"
''The Dark Wind" Indicates that he Is
not yet a particularly accurate shot,
for he is capable of such things as:
Marriage is but keeping house,
Sharing food and company,
What has this to do with love
Or the body's beauty?
His hunt FOR words results also in
the capture of "heeting Dreams" "fair-
er than any flower" and "black as
night" If Mr.. Turner would put away
his gun the precious and elusive words
might come to him unbidden. At pres
ent he hunts them so violently that
they fly from him, and when he over
takes them he treats them too vigor-
ously:
Mist-pearl the Guadalquivir lies
Shimmering, dropt from the pale
heaven:
Star drunken, god-ecstatic fool
Mumbling divine, ight-dwindling cries.
Such stuff is the merest word sling
ing, and although Mr.. Turner has a
definite feeling for moods, he will not
be able to project his atmosphere until
he abandons his pursuit of ivory,
porphyry, jasmine, viol and the rest Of
the ready-made color formula. Still,
we may look kindly on Mr.. Turner's
future; he has yet to threaten an
American lecture tour.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

Kolchak, contending that more efrec-
tive support would have eliminated the
reactionary influences in the adniral's
Cabinet and made him a more liberal
ruler at Moscow than he proved to be
at Omsk.
Mr.. Spargo's book, however, is gen.
orally Informative rather than contro-
versial in tone. He gives brief
sketch of Russian history through the
Middle Ages down to the war, and he
gives number of facts about the phys
ical conditions Of Russian life. His
work should help to remove the Grass
ignorance about Russia which prevails
in extremely high quarters, as was re-
Gently demonstrated when Premier
Lloyd George referred to Kharkov, a
large manufacturing city in southern
Russia, as General Kharkov"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
New York Contributors to poetry

New York is well represented in the
March number Of "Poetry." Witter
Bynner, whose book, 1.-THE Beloved
Stranger" has recently been released.
has three poems in the issue. The
titles, @The Enchanted Toad" "The
Sand Piper" and "Grass-Tops," are as
provocative and refreshing as the
poems themselves. "Grass-Tops" reads:
What bird are you in the grass-tops?
Your poise is enough of an answer,
With your wing-tips like up-curvinE
fingers
OF the Slow moving hands Of dancer.
And what is so nameless as beauty .
Which poets, who give it name,
Are only unnaming forever,
Content, though it go, that it came"
Miss Louise Driscoll, a we'll known
poet, also appears in the number. 30
does new contributor from New York,
Mr.. Ralph Block.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Books Received
War

War
zEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND. Edited by
C. Sanford Terry. Published by the OK
ford University Press, New York.
The story of the daring British raid
athese two German submarine bases,
told in the dispatches of Vice-Ad-
uifal Sir Roger Keyes, and other mar
nsives Of the operations.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Religion

EN-? By A Clutton- Brock. Published
by Charles Scribner's Sons. New York.
The author attempts to prove that
the churches have neglected the doc
trine of the kingdom Of heaven, which,
in his opinion, should be "the center of
Christian thought and teaching"
CAN THE CHURCH SURVIVE IN THE
CHANGING ORDER? BY Albert Parker
Fitch. Published by the Macmillan Com
pany, New York.
A plea for deeper, broader and more
rational faith to meet the demands of
the modern age.
MISSIONARY MORALE. Fly George A.
Miller. Published by the Methodist Book
Concern, New York
An analysis Of the factors that make
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Travel

THE ADVENTURES OF A. NATURE
GUIDE. BY Enos A Mills. Published
by Doubleday, Page & Co. New York.
A profusely illustrated account of
the adventures of guide who has ex-
plored some of the widest recesses Of
the Rocky Mountains.
THE GRAND CANYON bF THE COLO
RADIO. BY John c. Van Dyke. Pub
lshed by Charles Scribner's Sons. New
York.
A detailed study Of the varied beau
ties Of the canyon.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

Pepper. Published by the Century Com
pany. New York.
The life story of one of our foremost
pioneer railroad builders
JOHN BROWN: SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
BY Hill PEBBLES Wilson. Published by
the Cornhill Company. Boston.
A biography Of the Abolitionist leader
which describes his character from an
unfavorable standpoint.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
A Best Seller

A Best Seller
Sales Of the new Zane Grey novel.
"The Man of the Forest" passed the
100000 mark within two weeks OF It's
publication by the Harpers.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
VKETCH OF HENRY IRVING from Harrv Fa1uiss' "1a,
Bohemian Days. published by Stokes
Miscellaneous

for success and failure in missionary
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Economics

lHaI Str Roger heyeS> ana OtNef NaT-
rasives Of the operations.
Economics
SOCIALISM vs.. CIVILIZATION. BY
Boris Brasoi. Published by Charles
ecribner's Sons. New York.
study and condemnation of social
ism as expressed in the theories of
harl Marx and the practices of the
Russian Bolsheviki.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY vs.. PRUSS1AN
AARXISM. By Clarence f. Birdseye.
Published by Fleming II. Reveli Com
pany. New York.
An exaltation of American democ-
ney as compared with MARKHAM social
ism, which the author copsiders iden-
teal with Prussian autocracy.
Literature
fHE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF IN
AEMORIAM" BY James Main Dixon.
Published BY the Abingdon Press, New
York.
A study and Interpretation of Tenny-
sons poem. The author praises Tenny-
sons optimism and faith in immortal
lsy and denounces German pessinlism m
and materialism.
ALTAR FIRES. BY Ruth Bassett Eddy.
Boston.
A volume OF generally sentimental
yerse
fAE SINGING CARAVAN. BY Robert
vaastttart. Published by the George H.
uofan Company. New York.
The story in verse of an Oriental
caravan proceeding through Persia to
the sea.
TREASURY OF ENGLISH PROSE-. BY
nsn Logan Pearsall Smith. Published by the
s,vaEnton sM' MhliD Company. New York
a selection OF passages from English
plose literature chosen from the works
W autnors as far removed as Chaucer
aud Bernard Shaw.
ny ACREAGE OF LYRIC. BY Dorothea
In, hSl,Trsnce renee Mann. Published by the Corn
aii company. Boston.
book Of emotional verse.
Fiction
'*Iaf RosSlTER. BY Mrs. Victor Rick
q" ruolished by George II. Doran g.
eos New York.
"A : novel with an English background
rau fascinating heroine.
nsS.aa AGAlN. BY Vera Barclay. Pub
TorS oy u. =. Putnam's Sons, New
D.,s..aer D,aer adventures of Danny the
mai which will doubtless ap-
'-' !" IN audience Of small readers.
,, Biography
0IsSn narE .t,1 AND TINES OF HENRY
sS--..SA"AY DAVIS. BY Charles NJ.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

RUSKIN CENTENARY ADDRESSES, 1919
Edited by j. Howard Whitehouse Pub
lished by the Oxford University Press
NnNv Nnrl.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12
ANNEX BEATS PEXTO
 IN FAST BATTLE
Gerry Crean Works on Mound
 Tor Locals

Gerry Crean was on the mound for the Annex in southington yesterday and had the best of pitchers battle. allowing the Pexto team eight scattered hits and sending seven bcak to the bench via the strike-out route. The game was fast and interesting but marred at times by bad umpiring, with the Annex on the short end. Pexto scored their only run in the second inning. when Higgins went to first on helder's choice. He ad- vanced when Crean threw McDonald's grounder wide and scored son Barry's double to right center. The Annex tied the score in the fourth when Kilduff doubled. stole third and home. The winning run came in the sixth. Snyder, first man up, singled and went to second Higgins throw-in
 Kildun then hit to third and Snyder scored on Lofgrens bad throw. Marty Holleran, catcher and captain of the Annex. was in- jured on the knee-cap by a foul tip. but was able to finish the game. The
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12
RULE SHOP RALLY
 COMES TOO LATE
Run of Wins Broken Saturday,
 Other League Games

ninth inning rally by Al schade's Stan ley Rule outfit fell run short of tying the hve-run score of Jiggs Patrus Corbin team in the game between the hines rep resenting those factories in the Industrial league Saturday afternoon Walnut Hill park, and the lockmakers emerged victors 4 The Stanley Rule team was b!anked during the first eight innings and although the losers chalked up more hits than did the winners, they unable to produce safeties at opportune moments.
 Chief Larson. poled out the second home of the season with long drive to left field that caromed off a mound earth placing the ball out of reach of Rittner til the batsman had rounded the third sack He beat the throw home by a matter Of a few seconds. Schade, C. Johnson and Ritt- ner, all three members of the Stanley Rule team. knocked out two-base hits. Chalmt struck out eight men and passed two while Johnson struck out four and passed three.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12
FIELD DAY WINNERS
Landers, Frary and Clark Holds Annual Outing and Interesting Events Feature Program of Sports.

Outing and Interesting Events Feature Program of Sports.
 Following the winners in the athletic contests at the Landers. Frary and Clark outing Saturday:
 Two-MiIe Marathon. Open Handicap First. W. Queal, scratch man, time 10 min utes 22 seconds; second, J. Sullivan; third, F. Keller; fourth H. Hart.
 10o-Yard Dash, Open Handicap-First, E. Kiernan, time II seconds: second, H. W. Peterson.
 5o-Yard Dash. Girls-First, Helen McAleer, z 2-5 seconds; second, Katherine Kibbe
 Mems Potato Race-First Jess Norton; second, James Murphy.
 Girls Potato Race-First, Helen McAleer: second, Frances kopf.
 lO0-Yard Dash. Closed Factory-First F. Schmidth: second. Edward Goeb.
 440-Yard Dash. Open Handicap-First J. Sullivan: second. C. Herman.
 Running Broad Jump, Open Handicap First, F. Schmidth. 2l feet inches; second A Bottomley.
 16-Pound Shot Put. Open Handicap-First J. Carlson. 27 feet inches: second, c A Kendall.
 Three-Lesged Race-F. schmidth and Edward Goeb
 Sack Race-First, Paul Zebashi; second, Thomas Cural.
 Fat Mems Race-J Winsh
 75-Yard Dash. Girls-Helen McA1eer
 Tug-of-War, Closed to Factory-ScsIe Room team.
 Girl scoring most points in contest for wrist watch donated by Porter and Dyson was won by Helen McAleer.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12

Twenty-nine hits were registered in the Stanley Works. Russell & Erwin game, the former team securing IT and the latter 12. The game resulted in Is to l win for the Stanley Works. Frederickson and Burke and Kildun were batteries for the winning nine while Shussler pitched and A. Blanchard and ConIey caught for the losers. Kilduff turned the hitting features with four safeties of five times at bat. including a double and q triple. Burns. third baseman for the win ners, had three hits out of trips the plate. He also was credited with double and triple. Frank OMeara. playing at right field. produced the fielding speciaIties 0 the game.
 The Hart & Hutchinson outfit was easy picking for Fafnirs in to l game which devoid of features. smith twirled and Firth caught for the winners and Restelli and Bunce the battery for the losers. Corkins Fafnir's catcher, ed 1000 for the day. kieffer. third baseman for the losers poIed out two hits, including a triple.
 At the Berlin fair grounds the New Britain Machine company lost to Landers by 12 to 2 score Joey Fitzpatrick's hitting was the main factor in Landers' win.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12
NAVY ATHLETES SAIL FRIDAY.

Philadelphia. July 12.-United States navy athletes picked for the Olympic games in Antwerp will said on the C. s. s. Frederick. now at League Island. The ship is being fitted up with a cork track for the athletes to their way across the Atlantic. The track will measure about five laps to the mile. Navy coaches have outlined a regu- lar system of training on the boat Accord ing to present plans the boat will steam out Of Philadelphia next Friday and head for Norfolk.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12
ANDY VS. TELLER
Casino Alleys Star to Meet Naugatuck Bowler in That Borough Tomorrow Night in Championship Battle.

Eddie Anderson and Fred Teller will clash in the crucial game of the Connecticut duckptn championship tourney tomorrow night on the White Bear alleys in Nauga- tuck The bowlers in a tie for the title and a warm bowling argument is bound to occur tomorrow night. Anderson will be accompanied to the borough by delegation of friends. There is considerable confidence that the local boy will repeat his great work of last week. when he downed Teller eight games to three. The standing in the leaRne foIloMs.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-12
Ks TRIUMPH SINGERS, 4-3
on Hand to Watch Wilson Pitch y~,

best baseball games ween on
 diamond In some tfme the
 the singers of Bridgeport. ty afternoon There was . [ to see Pete wiisam per- hrmer local boy did nut dis- aR. twlriinE R clever game.
 was Palmer. who also did
 Goeb and Palmer both |Dr two hits. Neither twirier Iu. sin handing out free trans Ter allowing only ono pass 10. Both huriers for~ed n nen to fan the ozone. The