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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
Reincarnation of Tom Sawyer in
Masters's Mitch Miller

Some day the world will wake up to the
truth about books, pictures music and the
other forms of art. Though they may be con-
sidered as craftsmanship of a specific sort
once read they become part of actual hui
man experience as much as any other phase
Of life. Their supposed separateness has
worked an injury to the development of the
human mind and to the progress of creation
in all fields Sir Harry Johnston had the
right idea when he treated Dickens's peopte
as though they had lived in the flesh and
continued their history in his "Gay-Dom-
beys." Likewise, Edgar Lee Masters has
recognized the reality of Mark Twains Tom
Sawyer. He traces in his new book Mitch
Miller (Macmillan) the influence of Tom in
the life Of a boy who read Mark Twain's
story and believed in 1t. 1t was as true rs
history" to him. This book is to be fol-
lowed by chronicle of the same influence
worked out in the life of Shelters Kirby
The sister of the late Colonel Roosevelt
explains the genesis of this idea in a letter
which was printed in the magazine Ro-l
nance:
we began to discuss the powers exercised
over the minds of boys by Huckleberry Finn
and Tom Sawyer. and 1 said I thought 1t
was because every boy had period of being
Tom Sawyer Huck
II said 1 remembered perfectly when as
children in the country my brother Theo-
dore Roosevelt used TO lead my brother
Elliott and myself to a certain wood, where
we became Indians. l never shall forget Il
stain on a stone in that wood. which we
vaguely but firmly connected with a murder
which we ourselves had committed appar-
entity. There limit to our potential
crimes as Indians!
I'VE were talking Of such "reminiscences
when Mr.. Masters spoke of the boys Mitch
Miller and Shelters Kirby. and his sketch
Of them and the psychology of their incarna-
tons made me urge him to write their story.
Il am delighted to have Mr.. Masters use
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

target for popular criticism. Legisla-
lures and Congresses have such sloppy
way of doing things that people love to sit
around and condemn them. :. was very
much impressed with both houses. The
small one is quiet as our United States
Senate, and the big one lot more orderly
Than our House of Representative
None of the speeches l heard had the APP
pearance of the long, dreary harangues
which make our Congress so dreadfully wear
ing on a spectator" He compared favor
ably to the Chinese, the method of taking
a vote in their Congress over ours. 1.-The
amount of time consumed by roll calls down
in Washington is absurd. and II the people
knew the facts there would be a national
scandal" He continues: The Legislature
is not popular either with the people or the
officials. Both say: Congress has been In
session for months. and what has it done?
Nothing 1t sounds serious And in a new
republic It is. But I have heard that good
mony times in the United States, and nothing
ever came of 1t. And nothing may come of
it in China"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

bine together in one body The Covenant
is then stated to be undertaken for the glory
of God and advancement OF the Christian
faith"
The author evidently hints at some greater
revelations than the world has yet seen. She
attributes a mystical meaning to the APP
pearance of the star Nova Aquila, recently
observed. She, leaves underlined the exact
nature of the events prefigured.
feature Of the Tercentenary celebration
will be "Mayflower Universal Bible Sunday"
organized by the American Bible Society.
Mr.. MacKayes brochure, THE Pilgrims and
the Book" is intended as an aid to be used
in the services held in churches and else
wherein.
In its structure the service comprises two
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

even if that official did ride around China
Minister Of Communications after he ceased
to be Chief Executive, dreaming dreams
about railroad construction" that never ma
terialized. Nevertheless, he admits, ''the
Chinese republic is getting along in pretty
good shape. If it can keep on its feet
few years longer the whole Chinese peo-
pie will come into national consciousness
which will insure permanency of a republi-
can form"
In this section of the book one of the best
chapters is that describing "a Chinese Con-
gress," in which Mr.. Murdoch is on familiar
ground. Like all legislative bodies" he
writes the Chinese Congress is a general
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
BOOK REVIEW IS
The New Congress of Old China Described
By Former American Legislator

so much as by raising my finger" He think
there ought to be cooperation between Japan
and America. One of the things no recon-
mends Japan to do to bring this rapproche-
ment about is ito call her spies in America
home and keep them home"
If Japan got Mr.. Murdock's back up
Cnina cooled him off. Barring it's
smells it's beggars, its dirt and the
military policy of the country, he had
great time travelling through the
Middle Kingdom. He went to a Chfnese
party, enjoyed it, and describes the function
with a badness of detail that some day
may make his host blush--if he knows Eng
fish and reads Mr. Murdocks picture Of the
dinner. He took part in "a Chinese Fourth
of July" in which event he found the en-
bodiment of the Chinese republic in Mr.
CURRIERS' Number One Boy" a sort of
civilian top sergeant" who ran the enter
tainment just as an efficient American army
"non-com' runs his company. "He was
handy legged Chinese boy, about twenty,
with good head on him. He was Old Bust
ness through and through. He didn't talk
much but he made things fly. / saw
the Chinese republic in him, because If a
Number One Boy could handle a reception
like that there is coming out of Chinas
four hundred millions some day Number
One in the Presidents chair who will order
Things III tnlS vast country WITH precision.
decision vision and success"
This traveller went much among the peo-
pie, the teeming half starved people of the
streets. He describes "a beggar's hong" re-
ferring to but emitting any description of
its horrors; he tells how the bandits operate
he tells how Chinese armies fight in the
tale of the Saving of a Chinese City" by an
American missionary. His 'lesson OF the
Great Wal' is an admira BILE combination of
a realization of military strategy and sound
common sense, touched with his unfailing
naive humor. OF course he has chapter on
he wrongs of Chinese women. The only thing
that would balance the books for them, he
says. after centuries of cruelty. would be a
big, bloody revenge" If this is strong Ian
guage, he contends, my indignation of soul
is justified" There is nothing meay mouthed
about Mr.. Murdock's opinions or language.
An an American politician of many years
experience our traveller finds himself on
congenial ground when he discusses Chinese
politics under the republic. After a call on
the President Mr.. Murdoch was assailed
with doubts as to the peTmanency of that
institution, the mystery of the land coloring
his views But he has profound admira-
tor for its first President, Dr. Sun Vat Sen,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
Another Lincoln Play

Thomas Dixon's play "A Man OF the
People" (Appleton) has Abraham Lincoln as
its central character, but somehow It is a
seemingly unreal Lincoln that Mr.. Dixon
contrives to present TO us. The sentiments
Mr.. Lincoln is made to express were UNI
questionably his, but the melodramatic man
ner ia which he utters them in the play are.
in certain instances, unconvincing.
The action is built around the demand
made upon Mr. Lincoln by the Republican
National Committee that he withdraw from
his second race for the Presidency a few
weeks before election day. He is warned
of a Copperhead plot to overthrow the Gov
eminent the night the ballots are counted.
II Is explained that II can be frustrated II
Sherman captures Atlanta. for shipments of
shut Off.
The members Of the Republican National
Committee gather 10 receive Lincoln's an
swer. when a telegraph key, after remaining
silent until the dramatic moment has ar
rived, clicks Off the news OF Atlantas fall.
Mr.. Lincoln does the natural thing and turns
to the Republican National Committee and
recites the first two verses of Julia Ward
Howe's THE Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Secretary OF War Stanton and the commit
tee members come in on the third verse, and
Mr.. Lincoln sits with bowed head as they
sing. 1t Is a glorious moment.
Mr.. John Drlnkwater's Lincoln play Is In
nocent of a love story and so Is Mr. Dixon's
This is the one point of similarity between
them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
By w. B. MCCORMICK.

CHINA, THE MYSTERIOUS AND MAR
vELLOUS. BY Victor Murdoch. Fleming
II. Reven Company: Nelo York.
Fortified with a profound belief in democ-
racy and Christianity as the saving graces
of mankind and apparently with no literary
background or preconceptions save such as
he picked up in California, Victor Murdoch
China. Then he wrote book of his travels
entitled China, the Mysterious and Mar, ell
lous," which is indeed one of the most
original, naive and picturesque accounts of
those countries ever set down by an Occi-
dental hand. The apparent lack of pre-
liminary reading as to these countries gives
to Mr.. Murdocks text freshness that is
both grateful and novel. He saw things, de-
Scribed them in staccato sentences moral
lied bit about them, and always from the
viewpoint Of the believer in the great Ameri-
can republic and in Christianity. 1t is true
he makes an occasional reservation about
the supreme merits of our form of govern
ment; but he is answering in his religious
faith. He begins with an alluson to church.
going, and he ends on the same note, adding:
mo man can be sure that he has given in
print the impression he intended. but have
tried to get China to you just as China
came 10 me-tnrough my eyes, ears and nose.
Since China was the goal of his journey
Mr.. Murdoch did not tarry. long in the
vestibule to China-Japan." In fact he gives
only twenty-eight of his pages to the land
of Nippon, but in that limited space he UNI
burdens himself of some very positive opin-
ions about the Japanese and our relations
with them. After watching a man of that
country putting his pajamas "unblush-
ingly" in the aisle of sleeping car while
just beyond two pretty Japanese girls were
sitting on the floor smoking cigarettes" this
thought struck me like lightning out of the
blue-that the Orient must either take
over Christianity and democracy (and they
are the same thing) or the West will have
to make a fight for it," He thinks Japanese
labor conditions ARE unnerving they are
un-Christian." He spoke commendngly of
Japan's progress at Kyoto. and a Heretofore
quiescent white man erupted with Don't
do IT; they're puffed out of shape already"
An Englishman resident in the country said:
I'VE fought for our progress. The
Japanese came along and appropriated the
results of our labor. 1 would not help them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
Kansas Chances at the Orient
ABOUT A U TIL O RS
Ballad of Summer Books
BY WILLIS STEEL.


IT ELL where is giddy Sheila,
Who interviewed in all of ways
Where's the for whom feel
Sober dislike in the Dangerous Days?
Barry Leroy hath his countess welded
(See the last page of that tale of crme)
The Tall Villa tumbles the way dreaded
But where the books of hammock time?
The Tidal Wave-is it still impending?
Who knows for sure what The Shadow means?
On The Purple Heights it falls descending
Like Blinds Down, and shuts the fading scenes
Second hand shops-is it true they bought emf
Offer their racks for nickel dime;
Now when the pumpkin is painted by Autumn
Where the books of hammock time?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

T. Commerford Martin, coauthor OF the
standard life OF Edison, will contribute 20
THE NEW YORK HERALD Of next Sunday
October 81 a review Of Andrew Carnegie's
autobiography one Of the most entertaining
Of the volumes OF memoirs issued this fall
Mr.. Martin was for many years a close
personal friend Of the famous ironmaster
and is intimately acquainted with the varied
international background of the narrative.
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Evening star., 1920-02-27
OSTEOPATHY REGULATION
is PROPOSED IN BILL

Regulation of osteopathy in the Dis
trict of Columbia under a board of
osteopathic examiners is proposed in
bill introduced by Representative
Ben Johnson. democrat (ky). former
chairman Of the House District COM
mittee.
The Johnson bill would have the
District Commissioners select board
of five osteopathic examiners from a
list of ten practicing osteopaths. All
osteopaths would be required to reg
lister, pay a fee, show good moral
character and be at least twenty-one
years of age.
The bill would exempt commission
ed surgeons in the Army. Navy and
Marine Corps hospital service.
Evening star., 1920-02-27
members will sit at dual desks. Ar

members will sit at dual desks. Ar.
ranged in q series Of tiers.
The commons chamber is ninety
seven feet long and sixty-two feet
wide and is planned to accommodaie
320 members. as compared with 22o
in the Old building. With growing
parliamentary representation from
western Canada, IT will not be many
years before the additional accom-
modation will be all required. The
there has been criticism because OF its
lack Of accommodation. both for sena-
tors and for the public. 1t is IS by 40
feet, and is supposed to accommodate
nincty-six persons. which is the pres
ent representation in the Canadian
design and beauty Of decoration in
this chamber would indicate that the
senate is of a more permanent char
acter than some people profess to
hope.
There are reading rooms for both
the way of smoking rooms. lounge
rooms. committee rooms and so forth
Room for Member. Of Press.
There is a particularly fine suite for
the accommodation of the governor
general. There are several large caucus
rooms. while the accommodation for
ministers. members, senators and offi-
cials are all extremely commodious
and handsome. The press has not been
forgotten. Apart from the gallery in
the house of commons chamber. there
is a very large workroom. splendidly
equipped in every way: fine reading
and lounge room, with a large nre-
place. over which it is the intention
Of the architect to place carved
head saved from the old building. and
which will be arranged as fountain
if his plans are carried out. Finally.
there is what has been called oomo-
proof snuggery," where the rewspa
per men in their occasional hours OF
ease may make merry with their
friends
On the top floor Of the building is
what is destined to become show
place for visitors when completed
This is the parliamentary restaurant
which is very beautiful in itself and
is rendered doubly attractive by the
eor ,eous view of the Ottawa river.
the Chaudiere falls. and the blue
Laurentian mountains in the distance.
Structure II FireproOf.
The structure throughout is fire.
proof The same stone has been used
as in the original structure. a. though
it. will have to be weathered by age
before it is quite the same in tone:
secured near ottawa. The entrance
halls, court of honor. lobbies and
main corridors are built with Tyndall
stone. from Manitoba. The corridor
floors and main staircaseS are mar
BILE. from the Mississquoi quarries, in
Quebec With the exception of the
dressings on the exterior (Which are
of Ohio sandstone) the materials are
entirely Canadian. \ great part OF
the interior decoration has been done
by two we'll known New York sculp-
tors. Messrs. Grandellis and Ger
rachio.
There are details within the build
ing which would admit of endless
Evening star., 1920-02-27
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT'S NEW
HOME TO COST EIGHT MILLIONS
Imposing Structure at Ottawa Now Ready
to House Two Legislative Branches.
Two Years to Complete Edi6ce

wing which had been added to the
original structure at the west end.
the senate chamber forming a re-
entering angle at the east end of
senate and commons chambers are at
the east and west. respectively. each
having direct light and ventilation
from the outside. The building con-
sists of four floors above ground.
where the old had only three, and
ing six floors. with An increase of
floor area of 100 per cent.
Was Of Gothic Design.
The old building was generally reck-
oned the best example of fourteenth
century gothic on the North American
continent. and, with slight necessary
changes. the new building conforms
higher. and thenew tower will also
be much taller in order to harmonize.
The form Of the new plan is a rec
tagle of 413 feet frontage, 276 feet
deep and a height to ridge of IS feet.
There are three distinct entrances in
the main front-the senate entrance,
at the east: the tower. or main public
entrance. in the center. and the com
mons entrance, at the west end OF the
building.
Two main longitudinal corridors.
with two lateral and connecting cor
the ground floor. connection between
the two main corridors is made by a
wide open space, designated the court
of honor. which joins the tower and
main entrance hall with the old Ii
brary building. the only part of the
original structure. which was not in
jured by the fire. and which adJoins
the new building in the rear.
The court OF honor is one of the
most notable features OF the new
building. 1t is OF imposing iaracter,
with stone arches carried on marble
columns. stone vaulted roof. and win
dows rich with tracery. The whole
is elaborately wrought with charac-
ters emblematic and heraldic. In the
Hobbies and elsewhere occur in great
the pillars and arches. which have oc-
casioned some controversy by those
who have seen in them a resemblance
to characters prominent in Canadian
political history. A visit to the model
room. where the originals Of all the
grotesques and other figures applied
to the decoration Of the building are
kept, reveals the enormous number of
such which have been employed
throughout the vast building.
Commons and Senate Chambers.
The commons and senate chambers
are lined with stone. with a base Of
wood paneling. The windows are OF
stone. delicately traced. and those on
either side Of the commons chamber
are particularly beautiful. There
are ornamental plaster ceilings. which
will be suitably colored. At either
end are large galleries for the pub
lie, while on the sides are other gal
leries. including boxes for distin-
speaker will be at the north end.
with the government members on his
right and the opposition on the left.
There are no cross benches" SO the
growing cross-bench party will have
to dispose itself as IT can and merge
with the opposition side of the cham
her, in all probability. Above the
speakers chair is the press gallery.
: hich is large and well located. The