The Washington herald., 1920-07-28
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morris.
Edith wharton.


Mrs. Wharton. in the opinion Of
some critics, does her finest work
when depicting European life. They
question her knowledge Of the coun-
try Of her birth or her sympathy
with so much of 1t as she does know.
They class her with her master.
Henry James, as fundamentally an
aristocrat and would not have been |
surprised had she during the war
followed his example and formally !
| renounced Amsricanism. BE this
as II may, IL is interesting to note /
that, the first novel she has written
| in some years comes out in Sep
tember, and IL will deal with the
New York of the SOS and EOS.
when Mrs. Astor and Ward McAliis-
ter were the social potentates and
when the older plutocracy OF
English and Dutch folk had not
been swamped by representative, Of
races with homelands along the
Mediterranean. Mrs. Wharton has
named her coming story The Age
Of Innocence" Yet Jay Gould and
Richard Croker then lived and
David b. Hill had power at Albany,
the divorce rate of the city was
fairly high. and the local press
gave no Indication that Manhattan
was a Kingdom Of God.
Lincoln, Nebraska. Pioneers in Art.
Bertram c. Goodhue's accepted de-
sign for a new capitol building at
Lincoln ensures for Nebraska a per :
manent place in the development Of
national art. Departing widely
from the type OF capitol building OF
!, the nation and of many of the states.
: it has the merit of originality as
we'll as of beauty. Like the Wool
] worth Building its outstanding
feature is it's massive tower, dome
/. surmounted. To name the type of
= architecture which IL will exempliry,
s IT is easier to say what IT is not
S than what IT is. 1t is not classical
Z Greek nor Gothic. Goodhue as he
q grows older is becoming less loyaI
4 to the Gothic than when he FIRST
won fame. Those who know say
that the structure is a sort of blend
of the Egyptian, Romanesque and
, Roman, but the Roman of the North
e African colonies Of the Empire.
:" To remind Nebraskans OF militant
h Rome when their most influential
n in the past-personalityh has been q
3 "pacifst" Is cruel. But possibly
" 4
~ gonne in mind. Nebraska wisely
q left to experts choice of the winner
- in this competition: He in turI
"a stipulated that IL he won he should
"a not have to suffer adaptations,
10 and that the 100000 TO pay tn
"a bills should be in hand. Next sum
d mer construction will begin.
Texas OIL and Chicago Art.
s. Railroad men of the East an
Il, Middle West have pleasant memo
es ries of big. bluff. generous-hearte
George B. Harris, of Chicago, who's
name was writ large in developmen
of the C, B. and Q. and other I'm
.o properties of the interior befor
~ they came into the hands OF "pluns
- ers" and "speCulatOrs' OF the wa
~ lingford era of the 'sos. When h
nc died in 1918 he left to the Chicag
d Art Institute all of his quite lars
- holdings of Texan lands, even the
-, known to be oil producers. Nom
- nally his bequest was 100000. Ac
~ ually the property has turned OF
/, TO be worth not less than 100000
- and the Art Institute has capita
lied il for that amount and is dra"
ing dividends accordingly. Oil do'
lubricate many sorts OF organlL'
tions today-Baptist missions II
ternational health commissions, .e'
perts fighting world plaques. co
ieges and now art institutes.
Trrpton'. Loss Is LouisviIle's Gal
DR.. Zenos E. Scott, New Jersey
To former assistant commissioner
~ education and Trenton's superb
tendent of schools, is leaving q
capital city to go to Louisville, h
he He has grown tired Of the faction
fights of Trenton's citizens over q
personnel of the teaching STAFF. al
.,r he moves on to a city where {
~ waters are calm-now. "hat IN
81. will be two years hence he ooes n
.tv know. nor does anyone else. fuo
on school admlhls' a'ot 90 Th
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