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New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
MIR. Braithwaite's Anthology
Lyric Note Emphasized in
Magazine Verse for 1919

ANTHOLOGY OF MAGAZINE vEPsr
FOR 1912 BY William STANLEY Braith-
waite. Small, Maynard &; Co. Boston
William Stanley Braithwaite has the
reconstruction blues.
"The end of the first year of peace
as we call it, he writes in the in
PRODUCTION to his latest year book of
magazine verse, following nearly five
years Of terrible warfare, is more fit
tAhgy time for reflection than for
critical comment
Then Mr.. Braithwalte INDUCES in
Two pages of critical comment on GOV
ernment and democracy. concluding
with the statement that the American
poet must find his own order in the
midst OF this international chaos If
NJ bralthwalte chooses to record his
olscontent with contemporary civiliza-
tion, that IS his privilege; but an an
thology of verse is not the place for
u. Not when the record of discon-
tent is substituted for literary criti-
cism. Mr.. Braithwaitc's anthologies
nave come to be regarded as summaries
OF years work IN American verse. and
ms opinions have succeeded in arous-
ing discussion of our poets and their
tendencies. Keenly as he may feel
VINO does not ?-the prevalent unrest.
IT is unfair for him to say, in effect
I'm too busy worrying about the
treaty; here's batch Of verse, judge it
lor YOURSELF"
international conside rations have
ound Il cir way into the fabric of to-
DAYS poetry, but it is absurd to saw
mat most of our poets are groping for
expression by reason of the treaty of
Versailles. The 1919 Anthology, which
may be taken as representative of the
current trend, Indicates plainly that
the lyric and personal note is becom-
ing more prominent in our verse Amy
Lowell and Edgar Lee Masters appear
WIN poems in lambic pentameter. The
motley Of freakish "versification"
seems to be going into discard in favor
oi more rational poetic dress. The
SPIRIT no longer is one Of smockerv.
1t is not that our writer's are growinp
reactionary; 1t is rather that they are
lndlng again their true functions as
poets.
Owing, presumably, to defects in the
peace treaty, Mr. Baithwaite has aban-
doned Sor this year his custom of sirnj-.
tying the most distinctive poems bv
asteFlsks. Tins omission means that
there viii be less Of the wholesale
Wrangllng that used to follow the an
nual appearance OF the Anthology. but
there is matter a-plenty for paper
battles in the selection which Mr
Sraithwaite has offered us.
Among the poets represented in the
excellent index of poems printed in
American magazines during the wear
are many writer's of distinction who do
not appear IN the Anthology proper.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24

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New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Gossip
The Genesis cf SISTERS


a change conversatlon. overheard in
New York bus, supplied the spark
Vat ultimately resulted in Kathleen
Norris s highly successful current
novel, Sisters The spea iycr was ver>
distinguished looking, middle aged man
tie was talking Of his daughters mar
riage.
We have watched her. protected
her and loved her every instant of he,
me he said, "but she hardly hears
what we say these days, and what she
does hear she doesn't believe"
The friend murmurcd sometime
sympathetic.
Il would rather lay her in her little
grave went on the middle-aged one
Mrs. Norris at this time as a result
OF her previous books, was receiving
foods of letters from women in al
parts OF the country submitting fresl
variations of marital troubles.
ne noteworthy thing about 90 pc,
cent of them,' she has said, was that
they were from women apparently hap
ply married; from women, in other
words. who, for some secondary reason,
were playing the game right through to
the end"
The conversation in the bus focused
the other side Of the problem for her,
and SISTERS Immediately began to
take shape in her mind.
Since the story first appeared it has
called forth more letters from readers
than any other novel Mrs. Norris has
written.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
The Great War
Our Course Described
BY Professor Bassett

OUR WAR WITH GERMANY Bv rohr
Spencer Bassett. Alfred A. knopl. New
York. ~ "
Professor Bassetts work is a we'll
balanced and authoritative summary of
Americas course in the great war. Be
ginning with a discussion of the early
effects Of the war in the United States,
the author traces the progress of
events down to the Senatc's consider
alton of the peace treaty. He presents
a sober, readable and connected narra-
tive of the occurrences which most Of
us know only through the necessarily
disJointed and imperfect accounts of
the daily newspapers.
professor Bassett is inclined to be-
lleve that President Wilson's policy
has been justified in the light OF his
tory. although he believes that the
was on the side of the Allies from the
outbreak Of hostilitics. 1t required a
large amount of provocation TO move
the United States from it's traditional
position of isolation and passivitv as
regards European affairs, and Ger
many's yielding after the Sussex case
helped to cool down the fame of ndig-
nation that had been aroused by the
sinking of the Lusitania The author
defends the President against the
familiar charge of vacillation in regard
to the war and the problem of national
defense, contending that Mr.. Wilson'S s
altered attitude toward prepared
ness and American partic ipation in
the European conflict was gradually
forced upon him, as upon many Of
his countrymen, by the increasing evi-
dence of Germany's sinister and ag-
gressive designs.
the author is again inclined to defend
the President alike against those who
criticize him because he abandoned the
Fourteen Points and those who criti-
cized him because he sacrificed
American rights. Professor Bassett
admits that the peace treaty might
have been better, but feels that it rep
resented an inevitabl and, on the
whole, creditable compromise between
the Presidents original abstract and
idealistic formulas and the concrete
and practical aspirations of the Eu-
ropean bclligercnts.
AS a rule the author does not enter
into controversial political questions,
although his work Is characterized by
ii spirit of sound patriotism through
out He aims rather TO give an I'M
partial account of the moral and mate
rial factors involved in the war, to tell
how the American people acquitted
themselves in a great historical test.
His opinion upon the latter subject is
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Ages of Romance
Survey of Literature
Down 10 John Milton

EUROPEAN I1TERATr-pu -.
sNrrk Masnus RES E ;. or N.oMANcE ~ 1auris E
Mr. Magnus sets for himself an ex-
tNmely ambitious task. Within sin
eie Voiume he attempts to describe the
development of European literature
through the Middle Ages and +bs
Renaissance down to the period of
John Milton. The work DISPLAYS amaz-
49, t,a s'uulIion ana firm grasp of the
la "a" ouOi'nes OF the subject; it is per-
maps Tess successful in the WORKING ont
or certain details 0"'
ne author traces the ruda hoc;r
hlngs OF modern European literaturo
Hhu language in the chroniclers Tho
oallad-makers and the trouhadours af
the Dark and Middle Ares. He br,nos
out the effect of external environmaSt
upon art, showing how the Church and
me 1eudal system, the most important
INSTITUTIONS of the Middle Ages deter
,maieu 'fle thought and expression Of
WRITER'S IN verse and prose.
Mr.. Magnus is extremely detailed ~
ms study of the Renaissance. He baa
at Ieast paragraph for every promi-
1 nent humanist. in a chapter entitlad
ne Maturity of Romance" he disl
cusses the masters who grew ont IF
In Ine Renaissance and appeared in the
ia1e sixteenth and early seventeenth
century. In this connection he men
lions Tasso Spenser, Cervantes 's
Shakespeare, 5 Marlowe, Lope de Veea
oalaeron a,aIae ro and Bacon. Speaking of the
era, ne says, quite justly:
NO half century since writing was
II, invented has ever contained so many
The completeness and the scholar
SNIP OF Mr.. Magnus's work are beyond
praise. 1t may be objected that the
author has crowded too many names
INTO his book and has given propor-
tlonately too little attention to the ont
standing figures whom he discusses
put, after all, no man could be at once
the historian and the elaborate critic
OF literature extending over long
period within the limits of single
volume Mr.. Magnus has elected to be
the tne former; and he has created a
WORK of enduring value and appeal.
W
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24


not Lincoln efo
read MAN FOR THE AGES human benc
his life fitting him
"'0"S"['7SN'@ P"fa"2 b. AeviYCo, Publish
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Mr.. Sousa's Novel

John Philip Sousa is represented on
the spring list of Small, Maynard &
co. by his third novel. The Transit
OF Nenus.' which is described by the
publishers as "a social satire" Incl
dentally he makes known to his read
ers the romantic Kerguelen Island. tina.
little known land in the Indian Ocean
midway between Australia and Africa
which when first discovered in l772
was thought to be the great Southern
Continent. Captain Cook named it the
Land of Desolation, which deferred
later voyagers from visiting it for
more than a century. 1t is now val
liable center for whale fisheries and
raising sheep as we'll as for the sport
of shooting the sea elephant. a diver
sion that plays an important part in
Mr.. Sousa's novel
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Dust and Light
Vague Mysticism in
MIR. Wheelcck's Verse

WheeloeS charIes 9 sortbnsrs ny Sen ens NsM Nsl
York 49, NC ~
Although young man. Mr.. Wheelock
belongs to an older school of poets.
There IS certain shock Of novelty
about his lyric effects, finely wrought
out of carefully chosen language. about
his inslstent avoidance of rough and
Jarrlng notes. He seems to have walked
out of some Victorian age to rebuke
our modern eXponents Of raw. lustv
and often cacoDhonous verse with the
correctness of his poetic diction. The
aura of panthcism that hovcrs about
his work is expressed in the following
passage from "Earth,' perhaps the
most representative and certainly the
best Of his poems:
Anor Al v.s5'9oits sh9 is PITY. she is love.
Till she gathers them to rnst:
An tenderness OF all the ages
Srra phic secrets of the sages
ision and hope OF an the seers
Al \ IL praysF, ,,I. r. all anguish and all tears
+t"aAes and knows herself supreme
ere put earth. when she reveals
Nlt 'iat hcr secret heart cOnCeals
Down IL tho Can and silent 4oAna
hich is ourselves, asleep at home"
Mr.. Whcelock's poems are rich in
shlmmering imagery. He is especially
fond Of conjuring up nocturnal pic
lures: groves flooded with pale moon
light, fields drenched with dew, the
uniVersc calm under the quivering
liieht or the stars. In all his verse
there is a softness of texture that ex-
presses itself both in the meters and
IN the phrasing. The authors great
est fault is his tendency to be diff
fuse. He seldom succeeds in compress
ing sharp, clcar-cut image within
the compass of a line eC phrase. Mr..
Wheelock is notably successful in ere
atlng delicate color effects and in Civ
ing an adequate poetic setting to vague
and mystical ideas; he does not yet
fully. appreciate the value of clarity
and brevity. ". H. C.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Daisy Ashford's Marriage

Daisy Ashford, the famous author of
he YOUNG Vsiters" CDoran) was
married on January 8 to James Devlin.
win "hom she was associated in ma
tlonal work during the war. Those
who have been fortunate enough to
ENJOY the bridal scene in The Young
Nlslters" are all agog to know the
details of the wedding, whether the
young author lived UP to her early
conception of really fine wedding
party such as the one she gave to
Ethel and Barnard. Ethel had chosen
Tor wedding dress "a rich satin with
humped pattern Of gold on the pure
whlte, and 1t had a LONG train edged
with arum lilies. Her veil was Of pure
lace with crown of orange blossum
Her bouquet she ordered to be Of
white dog daisies, st. Joseph lilies and
orange blossums tied up with pale blue
SATIN ribbon" We wonder whether
Miss Ashford "cantered up in a very
fine carriage drawn by two prancing
Steeds who foamed rood deal" But
Daisy Ashford is now q celebrity and
her name frequently appears in fash
lonable London papers.
In the meantime the "colyumsts"
have got hold of this delectable bit:
The author OF The Young Visitors has
got married' Christopher Morley in
forms the readers OF The Chatting
Dish: Her husband will have to work
pretty hard to be known as anything else
than the man who married Daisy Ash
ford 1t is particularly hard on him
because there will be many critics who
will insist that he is j. NJ Barrie in
disguise.'
Sam Mccoy comes UP in "The Con
ming Tower" with remarks to the effect
that "Sir James NJ. Barrie did not give
the bride away
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
" ALL OUT-OF-PRlNT BOOKS

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New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
American Books In ENGLAND

Books treating of American business
methods are in constantly increasing
demand in Great Britain. manual of
Successful Storckeeping" and "How to
ADVERTISE are among the volumes
British rights of which have recently
been disposed Of by Doubleday. Page
& Co. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons is
the firm that has taken over both these
books.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
A Brilliant Novel ON
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By IRVING BACHELLFR

Senator ALBERT J. BEvERIDGE says in Nezv York Times:
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Liberalism in America
iaroid otearns Gives Analysis of Its
background, Collapse and Future

1rBrRAIISM IN AMERICA. BY Harold
stearns. soni Liverigh,. New York.
The body OF political and social theo-
ries and tendencies that arc ordinarily
New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
ew-Nh Bathwaies Anthology A Study American Liberalism

an al a., eminenntly pleasing and readable
s.yle; and its fundamental plea for
1o s1o.erance IS peculiarly timely in those
oaSs OF bitterness and unrest. ~'0
w II r.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
SENATE CLOTURE
To CURB DEBATE
ON TREATY, FAILS
~ RESULT tNLiMiTED NIGy.
ME>Ts Will REstiT WHEN
QUESTION COMES CP

hy Ns-saiaffsi hts-s
WASHINGTON. Feb. Failure
generally Was predicted by Senate
leaders tonight for the cfior, to write
n new cloturc provision into the sen.
ate rules to curb debate on the peace
treaty when Il II renewed next week.
Although the rules committee will
met tomorrow II was conceded that
the time was too short Io make any
change In the rules before the treaty
IS called up Monday
Senators opposed 10 any limitation
on debate we're prepared. IL was
stated. io fight q cloture proposal ~
such length thsS no roll call would a.
reached by that time.
Under the present plans of the
leaders to dispense with the oil clio
ture restrictions the development
was regarded ~ insuring that un-
limited debate will result.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
ALLIES DESERVING
WILSON DECLARES
Paris NEWSPAPER
COMMENTS on LETTER OF. vIs.
COUNT GREY To LONDON
TIMES
TURNING TO CONGRESS
"Our irissils irroes i'lnntic Fnil 90
n,.s'i tan'l Slgniflcanrr Of
Language Just Hear"
p1pcr Adds


PARIS feh - Commenting
lpor tte letter of vlsoount Grey.
British ambassador 10 the United
'es 20 the London Times, with re-
card to the American position on the
reaoc treaty. the Echo de Paris"
4vs.
THE allies are abandoning Pres.
ident Wilson"
The newspaper adds that vlscount
z zen succeeded In persuadlng Prem.
or LLOYD George Of Great Britain
md former premier Ciemenceau 10
don't hts view point when In Paris
one weeks ago and the letter 10 tho
Times will u asserts. probably be fol-
lowed by an official note along the
iame lines from the French and Brit
IN cabinets.
"Our friends beyond the Atlantic
cannot fail 10 understand the signls
'icance of tho language they hava
iust heard" the Echo de Paris"
continues 1T simniy means that
the allies are abandoning President
Wilson and are trying 10 come 10
terms with the majority OF the Am.
erican congress"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
SERIOUS CHANGES
IN IRISH AFFAIRS
IS LATE PREDICTION
DAILY MAIL CORRESPONDENT
GOVERNMENT hEvisION
~ IMPENDING
DIVISION AMONG C0UNsELs.
Clean sweep 10 the Cattle u Bing
trgssi ~ the Only Means of
Escape From the Com
fusion

~ Associated Pres
LONDON. Feb. i-Thc Dublin
correspondent Of the Daily Mail re
ports impending changes In the Irish
government and says there g. firm
belief In coming change ~ Dublin
castle. based on the conviction that
there Is o serious division In coun.
sells therc.
II Is known. Tho correspondent
says that Vlscount French. LORD
lieuten>nt Of ireland and FINDER
Secretary James MacMahon. who 60
the deputy of James Ian Mcpherson.
chief for Ireland. do not see eve to
eye many Important administrative
matters ana II now suggested that
sir James Campbell. irish Lord chan.
cellor. is developing doubts 4 clean
sweep Of the castle. according TO IA,
correspondent H. constantly being
urged as the only escape from The
confusion surrounding the scat OF
the government.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
Maintainerce OF Way
Employees To Consider
Wage Demands Today

~ 'rHneiair,l fress
DETROIT. Feb THE attitude
4 the railroad administration toward
the wage demands of rail work
nts viii he considered az special
meeting here tomorrow of the exec
cuiiVc committee of the United
brotherhood of Nainiaincncc of Way
empluyc and railway shop lahorcrs.
The meeting probably viii continu"
several davs dependent upon the ne
roiiaiions IN progress az Washington
between officials of the railroad ad-
minisiration aud representative ~
the railroad unions
\ u Parker. president of the
brotherhood, said tonight that " y
satisfactory adjustment of wages
failed ~ Washington n would be- vir
tually impossible IN avert q striie
Tho brotherhood membership
numbers between 3oo. zee and i0o.-
Gee.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
WITNESSES TESTIFY
IN NEWBERRY TRIAL
cContlnued to Page ~


sy Aasoc a,sd igsss.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Feb. a.
Two bits of testimony given today in
the trial of senator Truman u. NeW-
berry, and six score Michigan politi-
clans. was considered 10y government
attorneys. as important To the
charges OF conspiracy which they ars
seeking to establish
James Swincheart. head of the
New York bureau Of Detroit news
paper. related that FREDERICK Cody,
a defendant. told him in NeH York
The lid Is off in Michigan and the
sky is the limit"
Walter Chapellc. editor of coun-
try weekly at Hnrrisville. Michigan.
lseiifiod that BENJAMIN y Reed. de-
putty state labor inspector and an
other defendant had solicited him 10
become a county chairman In the
Ncwberry organization and told him.
The ircight will be paid"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
PROPOSED D NAVAL
APPROPRIATION
FAILS IN HOUSE
PROPONENTS DtNI.iRE ACTION
Will. THROW $4,000 MEN
OFT az WORK
~ Associated I'-.as


WASHINGTON. Feb. i.-The
house refused today To make de-
iiebcy appropriation of ss.0jO. 600
for the repair of baltleships and war
craft ut navy yards. although pro-
ponents Of the item urged that ~
OVO yard employees would be- thrown
out Of work IL 4 failed.
Supporters of the appropriation
failed To get the house To vote ON
all Of the items composing II. but
one for s2.5OO.O .O0O was rejected In
effect. by being reduced tO sSOO. coo
white other items met defeat through
parliamentary tactics. The isingle
vote on part of the appropriation was
l3l 10 81.
tion ended an all day fight and clear
I'd the way for final passage tomor-
row OF the deficiency bill carrying
$50. iOO. 600. and said to be the larg-
est peace time" deficiency bill in
history of congress.
Aside from the naval fight. the
house without record vote approx
eu Hh lleh W lh' u'iiN'h's nill Pi"-
yiding sl.0OO.000 for employing
guards az the government warehouses
holding liquor Most of the items
of the deficiency bill are expendi-
lures due To the war. S55 ,00O. 200
for compensation to eN-scrvice men.
SI2.OOO,0 ,0OO for the education for
war cripples. and si.5Oo. .0OQ Tor his
pital treatment of sick and wounded.
Another large item Is Sl.00o.OO0 for
the deportation OF radicals caught in
recent raids.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
Allies Send Note
To Berlin Regarding
Release Of Kaiser



PARIS. Feb THE council of
ambassadors after its meeting to
night issued statement saying that
the decision Of iho allies. with rcgard
Ia Germans whose "Niradition B. de-
mandcd Tor war crimes. would u"
communicated direct to Berlin.
The text Of the statement follows.
THE lift Of war criminals having
hecn presented to Baron won letaser
for transmission by him To his rOy-
ernment. the president of the Ger
man deelgation returned the lis; with
an in'imaiion tn the president OF tho
conference that he had submitted his
resignation to his government aud
gas leaving Paris. The decision o'
the allies will be- communicate di
rect to the government nt Berlih.'
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
Republican Committee To Write
Platform Gets DO,Un To Work

had hr,n no definite conclusions.
ava aat the whole work stdl Vas
in q formative stand.
HINES Nakr> statement
o. o. statement tonight. Mr. Hayes
declared he found q general senii-
i.rtt everywhere u favor OF i,pub-
llr.u success and enumerated ia"
sib r... o. which he found the poo
pir thuiinV The statement fol-
l,a..
IrryWh,rp nud she people. r..
rlrU',. of past party affiliations.
seeking republican success. mos u
with The conviction that by such sue
c's IitN will make certain:
FIRST. su honest. efficient econ
omI,ll business administration Of the
couutp. affairs.
second. that there will be- de-
,riup"d and executed plan for the
reduction Of taxes. with the repeal
uI taNrs which NH initiative and the
spread.ng of the war debt over a
lrra number of wears
THIRD chat ther, will De- deyel-
rprd O. better relation between Ia
hur aut capital With iustia. 10 both.
and with justice 60 The public. the
third side oi the triangle. which must
moi bc forgotten
Fourth. that there shall be- an
un ct law aud order
ey,rs here un the nation.
"Fifh. that the party viii meas
IRE is STEPS forward by the new
need. of the nation. with its eyes al
Ways ahead, bat with its feet always
on solid ground"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-05
Geddes Declares
Ex-Kaiser Will Be
Placed On Trial

w Assn-lsisd Pres
LONDON. Feb. Sir Geddcs.
minister of national service and re-
construction. speaking at Andover
today said the government intended
10 put the former German emperor
on trial aud carry out whatever pen
atty was provided. hut he added u
Holland definitely declared her in-
,oniion on the basis of International
law to provide asylum for him then
he must say the former ruler could
not reside ON Dutch territory In En-
rope and Holland must put him on
some island belonging To her outside
OF Europe.