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The New York herald., 1921-09-11
A Novel From HOWell's Youth

succeeds in disrupting their friendship.
AT best" says Mr. Howells, "love is
fatal to friendship; the most that
friendship can do Is to listen to loves
talk OF itself and be the confidant of
It's rapturous joys, it's transports Of
despair. The lover fancies himself all
the fonder of his friend because OF his
passion for his mistress, but in reality
he has no longer any need of the old
comrade." So much the worse when
there is rivalry in love as well. In
this story 1t brings about renuncia-
tions. misunderstanding and no end
of trouble-which the reader should be
allowed to unravel for himself-and
ends in neither getting the lady, who
retir s, in single satisfaction. to the
actual footlights.
The minor characters. especially the
New England country folk are rather
more interesting. and assuredly better
done. than the leading lady and her
squires. Howels was always during
his long New England residence,
ratner In than of New England, al
ways looking at the people he met
from the outside. but seeing them with
unusual clarity OF vision. Perhaps. as
Mildred Howells suggests in the intro
duction to this volume, he was a bet
ter painter OF their portraits because
of his Ohio origin. The young girl,
Rachel. who is gifted" as an artist,
but still thoroughly belonging to her
environment. is a subtly accurate bit
Of the New England of that day. She
is moved 10 give back most OF the pur-
chase price paid for her picture be-
cause she thinks the price was too high.
"The laborer is worthy of his hire"
she remarks. but he isn't IL he takes
any more What havoc such doc
trine would work among the ranks of
the laborers of to-day. whether artist,
lawyer, preacher or bricklayerl Yet
there was just that quality in the van
ished New England striking mani
festation Of the deeply ingrained AN
glo- Saxon" feeling for fair play.
The stage setting. scenery, &C. are
managed throughout with great skin.
Herein II was fully mature Howells
who was writing. one cannot say
quite as much of the minute analyses
OF the various characters states Of
mind the emotions OF the lover and
OF Mrs. Farrell herself. II is far from
being prentice work. but II is not
Howells at his best. Nevertheless. II
is well worth while.
Ii. l.. PANGBORN.
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

If the author of "Man and
Superman' were asked to ex-
plain the title Of Sir Hall
Gaines new moved, "The Mas
ter of Man." he might answer,
Woman And then again he
might not. There are women
on the Isle Of Man, however,
for Sir Hall in his introduction
tells us about his grandmother.
She must have been a brave
creature, for she called the
light of literature that was to
be Hommy-beg." Look at
the majestic head at the top of
this column and think on her
irreverence
Potterism is one Of to-day s
names for what the Victorians
used to call Philistinism. Rose
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

MRS. FARRELL. BY William Dean
Howells. Harper & Bros.
TT HE posthumous publication Of
work which the author, pre-
= sumably with deliberation. has
not seen At to include in collective edi-
tions during his lifetime. is perhaps a
dubious proceeding. But in the case
OF a Howells 1t is probably inevitable:
one would not willingly let anything
of his remain out of reach. This story
appeared serially In the Atlantic In
1875. during Howells's editorship. un-
der the title of Private Theatricals,"
but has not hitherto been given per-
manent book form.
One can see why che fully mature,
critical Howells was not overanxious
to revive II. II has a certain crudity
now and then a hardness unlike his
ripper work. Yet 1t is genuine Howells.
and perhaps entitled to more respect
than he himself seems to have given
II. II Is youthful and has the youth
full qualities OF vigor and enthusiasm.
and. along with them. the occasional
defects OF those qualities. The origi-
nal title exactly fitted it; the whole
conception is somewhat theatrical,
with almost the smell of the footlights
about some of its scenes. The heroine,
Mrs. Farrell is really indulging in
kind of private theatricals all through
the book, posing consciously and some
times sefni-consciously. She ends her
career so far as the story takes IL. by
actually going on the stage.
She Is a sprightly young widow.
rather effervescent for the period OF
the story (the late SOS, shortly after
the civil war) and also for the en-
vironment. as the tale Is staged in a
country farm boarding house I'm New
England. She Is. in a way. a forerun-
ner of our modern Greenwich Village
type. lady OF rather "unfettered
speech"-that Is, for those days, al
though her indiscreet remarks would
sound very tameiy to-day. She is in
tclligent and far from heartless. but
inclined to experimentation without
due realization OF possible conse-
quences. why" says one OF her crit
Ice, diagnosing her. cant you imagine
a woman's liking to triumph over peo-
pie with her beauty and yet meaning
II to be a purely aesthetic triumph? ?"
But, unfortunately for the victims,
they did NOT look at II In that light.
She hirts with two young men and
The New York herald., 1921-09-11
Antiquity's Great Biographer

PLUTARCH'S LIVES. With an Eng
lish translation by Bernardotte Perrin.
Loeb Classical Library. G. p. Put
nam's Sons.
:. II AM man. and nothing that re-
lates to mankind do / deem for
eign to me-" So says Terence.
The proper study OF mankind Is
man." So says Pope.
Thus. each In a single line, have one
of the most modern of classic poets
and one of The most classic Of mod
ern poets epitomized the underlying
thought that pervades all Greek and
Roman literature. justly called the hu-
manities. Exactly as the gods OF the
Greek or the Roman were anthropo-
morphic, so was his world anthropo-
centric. He knew little of the modern
romantic interest in nature or ami
mails. or children, for their own sake.
IL Catullus sings of Lesbia's sparrow
he is really celebrating its mistress's
fondness for 1t and her grief at its
death. Actual sympathy for the bird
itself, such as stirred Bryant for his
waterfowl or Shelley for his skyIark,
Is wholly lacking. And II Horace ex-
tolled his Sabine Farm, and in later
days Martial and Juvenal, too. sought
rural retreats. we may be sure that
each loved the country not so much
for its own sake-like a Wordsworth
or Burns-as for the relief and re-
lease that assured him from the in
conveniences Of city life. The philos-
ophers early recognized and pro-
claimed as truth this racial trait
Man is the measure of all things"
said Protagoras. And know thyself." !"
the motto of the Delphic oracle, was
adopted as his own not by Socrates
alone, but by practically every Greek
or Roman that followed him.
In view of this universal interest we
note with some surprise the paucity of
first class biography among both
Greeks and Romans. Plato and Keno
rhon have given us unforgettable por-
traits OF their master yet each IS
really portraying himself and his own
ideas and ideals rather than Socrates
and his: and neither was a true biog-
rapher, for Plato was essentially the
philosopher, Xenophon the moralist-
historian. xenophon's narrative OF
Cyrus's life is perhaps even less OF
biography than his picture OF Socrates.
Among the Romans we find larger
amount of genuine biography. Natu-
rally more concrete and practical in
character than the Greeks. they tend
ed to present their moral and philo-
sophioal views by example rather than
by precept.
truly first class biography we must
turn to one who was not primarily
4 biographer at all. Tacitus, the in
mitable historian. did write ono
memoir. that OF his father-in-law.
Agricola. toward whom he cherished
a filial devotion as rare as estimable
on the part OF son-in-law: but his
world famous pictures OF men are In
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

MY BROTHER THEODORE ROOSE-
WELT. BY Corinne Roosevelt Robin
son. Charles Scribner's Sons.
IOPLE who were irritated by the
noise Roosevelt made in the
world, the space he filled In the
news and in conversation, should be-
gin to realize by this time that he had
a right to more than one-man space.
For the biographies that have come
out since his passing reveal regi-
ment of Roosevelts. His sisters ac-
count of him could have been written
by nobody else. The angle of affec-
tion picks out highlights that other
portraits do not show. And there are
definite additions to facts worth know
ing about the man.
Emphasis is naturally placed on
family life. both in the home into
which he was born and in the home
which he helped to create. Here is &
story from the White House period:
He came out of his dressing room
radiant and smiling, ready for the
days work. looking as II he had had
eight hours Of sleep instead of five.
and ripping all over with the laughter
which he always infused into those
family breakfasts. AS we passed the
table at the head of the staircase. at
which later In the day my sisters sec
retary wrote her letters, the telephone
bell on the table rang. and with spon-
'aneous simplicity-not even thinking
of ringing bell for 'meniap to an
swer the telephone call-he picked up
the receiver himself as he passed by.
His face assumed a listening look, and
.hen a broad smile broke over his
features. No he said. No, am not
Archie. I am Archie's father A
second passed and he laughed aloud,
and then said: All right, will tell
him; I won't forget Hanging up the
receiver he turned to me half
sheepishly but very much amused.
That's good joke on any President,
he said You may have realized that
there was little boy on the other
end OF that wire, and he started the
conversation by saying, rs that you,
ARCHER and l replied, No, II Is Ar
chie's father Whereupon he answered
with evident disgust: Well, you'll do
Pc sure and tell Archie to come to
supper. Now. don't forget"
This was the spirit In which his own
father and mother treated him. Away
hack In civil war days the elder Mrs.
Roosevelt was writing to her husband
in Washington letters In which the
future Rough Rider was already a
figure. For example, under date OF
January s. 1852:
The New York herald., 1921-09-11
Sisters Memories Of Roosevelt

MY BROTHER THEODORE RoosE-
WELT. BY Corinne Roosevelt Robin
son. Charles Scribner's Sons.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
INC A HUSBAND Garrison's New Phase of
 rtions of O Wife

NaugC NOt
 
 lt ant my t for a irs from thtl dis -ls~,i not
 at day extremely
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
WI. S. HART AT THE LYCEUM.

''fhe Cradle of Courage" William S. Hart's picture under his new con- tract with the Famous Players Corp. offers him one of the most varied roles Of his career as well as one of tho most unusual parts he has ever played. At different times in the ac- ton he appears as soldier. a police man and later as the peaceful citi- zen The scenes in the trenches. on board the army transport. the fight in the waterfront saloon, and the safe robbery all lend themselves to the sort of acting in which Mir, Hart does his best work. The Cradle of Cour- age" was written by Fred Bradbury.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
MURDERER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Man Who Killed Bride Tries to Burn
 JaiI-Thcn Butts Cell Bars

Decatur. Ala. My 1S.-W. F. Seay. department store clerk, was being held under arrest here today charged with the murder of bis 19 year old bride whose body was found in a mutilated condition on the outskirts of Florence. Ala. Sunday night.
 Seay was arrested at Florence as he approached the home of his mot her made an unsuccessful attempt to burn the jail by making a bonfire of his bedding and clothing. The attempt was Frustrated by the quick use of fire cXtinguisher. Seay was said to have later attempted suicide by putting his head against the bars of his cell.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
WATERBURY HAS
 TWO INFANTRY UNITS
Additions to (. V. C.. From That City Accepted By Head
 quarters.

Hartford. May 1S.-Two units of infantry have been newly organized in Waterbury and accepted as a part Of the (. N. c. and the states miH- tary forces, according to orders from the adjutant generals office.
 One is the Third battalion. head quarters company. having 44 men. First Lieut.. Thomas II. EIorrigan is to take command. He has been ap- pointed from the ranks.
 The other unit is designated the First HowitZer company. It has 50 men and is commanded by Captain John F'itzgibbons. David Q. Ham, mond is first lieutenant.
 Another order from the adjutant general authorizes the issuance to Major John l.. Cilson. Second com pany, Governors Foot Guard, of two C. N. G. machine guns.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
sour Milk Can Be Basis of Nany
 Tempting Dishes

sing cottage ch4ese as a working basis many delicious salad accompanI- ments may be made.
 The milk should be allowed to sour quickly for cottage cheese to be at its beSt When the milk is thick put il in the oven or on the back of the stove until the whey shows all around the curd and the whorc Is as hot as the tip of ones little finger can bear Pour into d course muslin bag and hang to drain for or ! hours or over night in a cool place. If allowed to drain over night the cheese will be dry and can be made into small balls The whey should be carefully drained off for that is what giNes the unpleas- ant taste sometimes noticed in cottage cheese.
 After draining turn out of bag. stir and season with salt and pepper ana little sweet cream to moisten. If the cream is just on the verge of turning so much the better. The cheese should be smooth, but crumb- ly and light.
 stuffed Figs.
 Use whole figs. Wash and dry Gut a gaSh half way through the fig and fill with cottage cheese highly sea soped with salt and paprika. These are a delicious accompaniment to head lettuce with French dressing. Prunes may be filled in the same way after soaking and steaming. Chopped nuts with the cheese are an improve ment.
 Cottage Cheese Pic.
 Two eggs, 1-3 cup sugar, 1 tea spoon four. 1 cup cottage cheese. 1-2 cup cream, 1-2 cup SeedleSS raisins, 1-2 lemon rind grated and juice. rich pie crust
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
.sMALL TOWN IDOL AT PALACE.


 "A small Town Idol" one of the few productions Mack Sennctt has mad" in siX-recl proportions. comes to th" Palace thcater Thursday be- ginning an engagement limited to three days.
 With practically every member of his all-star aggregation of funny folk enrolled in a congeniaI part. there k assurance that "A Small Town IdoI' will more than make good in fhc distinguishcd presence Of it's Sennett predecessors
 Ben Turpin is the village hero. Phyllis IIavcr is his small town ideal: 5lariC Rreyost is the city girl that hofricnds poor Ben when the home folks turn him down; Charlie Mur- ray is the indcfatigable constable; Jimmy Finlayson is the wrctched will lain who concocts all the trouble, and Enlla Pasfa and Eddie Gribbon and all the rest of the Sennett nota bles are to he seen simultaneously in the shifting scenes that~ cover as many places as are usually revealed in q half dozen problem plays wherein the slums and the green fields are visited.
 The Keith vaudeville bill for Thurs day. Friday and Saturday will be fea- turcd by four excellent acts headed by Shriner and Fitzsimmens in The News Dealer"
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
ROOSEVELT HOUSE."
Harvard Alumni Propose New Build
 ing at University.

Cambridge, Mass, May SS.-A pro posal for the erection at Harvard uni versity of a building to be known as Roosevelt House" was made in a report to the associated Harvard clubs by committee of alumni which was made public today.
 The building would contain a work ing floor for the use of departments of the university and particularly for conferences between tutors and stu dents. together with a memorial read ing room where Roosevelt memora- bilia of all kinds would be kept.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
NO PICTURES AT
 FOX'S TEMPER TONIGHT

Due to the fact that the New Britain Choral society will hold their sixth annual music festival at FoN's theater this evening the regular pro gram of pictures and vaudeville have been laid on the shelf for the day. Starting tomorrow the vaudeville and picture program will be resumed with double feature program. he picture featured will he Buck Jones, tha. very likeable cowboy. whp will appea. in q romantic Western drama. ''The One Man Trail
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19

Beat yolks of eggs with sugar. Beat in flour. Add cream, cheese raisin,, grated lemon rind and juice. If large seeded raisins are used cut in small pieces. If cheese is unsalted add 1-4 teaspoon salt. Fold in whites of eggs beaten till stiff and dry. Pour into a' pie dish lined with pastry and bake about half an hour in moderate oven. ga
 Cheese Balls. -~ One cup cheese, 1-4 cup chopped olives. 1-4 cup chopped nut meats.
 Work ingredients with a fork till smooth. Form into small balls and put in a cool place to harden and chill Serve on lettuce with French dress ing. B. Pimento Cheese. -... One cup cheese, 1.4 cup cnopped pime ntoes.
 The pimentoes should be cut in fine shreds or chopped. Mix With dry cot tage cheese. This is good to serve with fish.
 Sandwich Filling.
 Drain the sirup from preserved cherries or strawberries. Cut the fruit in small pieces and mix with cheese. Spread on thin slices of lightly but tered brown bread. X a&
 Cottage Cheese Hints.
 Make tiny balls of cheese and roIi them in finely~chopped parsley. Serve at luncheon with bread and butter and vegetable salad.
 Sprinkle cottage cheese over slice of pineapple. Add chopped nuts and salad dressing.
 Fresh tomatoes cut in thick slices may be covered with dry cottage cheese. Serve with mayonnaise. ~ Chopped green peppers and just a suggestion of onion added to a cottage cheese would take the place of a sal ad in a simple home dinner. s
 Copyright, 1921. N. F. A.)
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19

M sliour that mo child and |. Ihed by one of Mrs. Ticer's cN- Int breakfasts. turned out or |4armhouse gate into the road. l persuadsd Lillian to let Marion
 with mo. SO that W" got nH
 Dut awakcning her from tho kkind -restfuI slumher into which fhad fatleu sacn after 1 had in |q upon her going to bed.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-19

Place your awning order now. Tha Eddy Awning and Decorating Co., advt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
/ CT. GASOLINE TAX
IS SOUGHT BY STATE
Levy Proposed as Means to
Raise New Revenue for
Highway Purposes
HAS SUPPORT OF SPR0UL
Ry the Associated Press

Harrisburg, March 2I.--Establish-
ment of q state tax Of one cent gal
lon con all gasoline sold in this COM
monwealth except for the purpose OF
resale" to furnish funds for highway
purposes. is provided in the admins.
tration gasoline tax bill introduced into
the House Of Representatives today by
Chairman Dawson. Of the ways and
means committee.
All revenue raising measures must
originate in the House and the ways and
means committee takes charge of them,
II passed the tax becomes effective Sep
tember I.
The gasoline tax revenue is to BE- paid
into the general fund of tho state and
half Of the money collected in each
county is to be returned to il for the
purpose of the construction, reconstruc-
ton, maintenance and repair Of roads
and highways aud for the payment of
interest on county bonds issued for road
purposes.
The payment to counties is to be
made February and August each
year. The other half is to b. used br
the state Highway Department for con =
struction. maintenance and repair Of
roads, being specifically appropriated
for the purpose.
Every person or concern selling gaSo o
line at wholesale or retail must make
a report TO the auditor general under
oath by the fifteenth Of each month. OF
the sales of gasoline, except what was
sold for resale, during tho preceding
month. and at the same time pay the
tax due. Failure to report or pay is
penalizcd by 10 per cent addition to
the tax to be estimated by tho fiscal
officers Of the state.
The auditor general and state treas
urer are given authority to send agents
TO inspect books and papers Of persons
or concerns in the business TO verify re
turns. Refusal to permit inspection /.
made msdemeanor as is failure e
make return. the making Of n false o'
incomplete return. avoidance Of full
return or of evasion Of payment.
The penalty for conviction OF viola
ton of the act is made fine not ex
eeediug $1,000 or. in the case Of an in,
dividual. Imprisonment not excecdinl
six months or both This penalty i
to be in addition 10 the 10 per cen
TO b. imposed for not making a return
or failing to pay.
The administration anthracite Goa
tax measure is being drawn and vii
make its appearance next week. WhcI
1t comes in the whole subject of taxation
will be taken up with the Governor b!
legislative leaders. by which time tn
Legislative League, composed of rura
members. will probably reach q deter
mination as TO their attitude on taxa
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
NATIONAL R. R. PACT.
UPHELD BY jewell.
Negotiating Rules on Each Road
Would Cost Workers $6,-
100000, He Says
PRESENTS LAsoR's CASE

Chicago. March 24.--Negotiating
rules and working agreements on each
individual railroad as proposed by the
railway executives would cost the rail-
road workers more than 1000 900 and
require the services of more than 5000
men, IL was stated before the railroad
labor board today by d. NJ. Jewell,
president Of the railway employees de-
partment Of the American Federation
Of Labor. In presenting the labor side
OF the controversy over national rules
and agreements.
committee of managers Of the Associa-
ton Of Railway Executives were
granted" said Mr.. Jewell. "and tho
national agreement abrogatcd by de-
cision Of the board. remanding the sub
Jet matter of rules and working con :
dtions to the respective railroads and
committees Of their employees for con-
| ference on individual lines, the en-
ployes' conference committee on each
railroad would necessarily be composed
Of at least one man from, each craft at
each point on the railroad!
For the 107 roads listed. the figures
show that the services of 515S commit
tecmen would be required at total daily
u
| for ninety days OF S5,elS, ,a42, besides
additional expenses.
Proposes Conference Committee
Much Of this enormous expense on
both railroad management. and railroad
labor. together with the consumption Of
valuable time of the highly skilled and
essential railroad officials and railroad
employees, should be eliminated by CO.
operation between railroad management
and the recognized railroad labor Or
ganizations through the creation Of q
conference committee authorized to rep
resent on the one hand railroad man :
agement and on the other railroad en-
ployes Of their particular crafts"
He cited figures TO show that 05 pei
cent Of the 455.776 railroad shop en-
ployes of new Glass ! carriers are mem
bers of their respective craft organiza
tions, and declared that since 1912
when the railway employees department
of the American Federation of Labo,
was organized. there has not been O
single authorized strike of federated shoI
craft employees.
"It is also significant that during thi,
time" Mr.. Jewell said ''the creates
progress toward the attainment of JUS
and reasonable wages and working con
ultlouN anu opptsihB
to all railroads was made.
Urges Universal Agreement
las representing the federated shoT
crafts employees, we hold that an agree.
mcnt applying alike to all railroads vii
be great, IL not the greatest, factoI
in assisting the establishment of eff
cient and economical railroad opera
ton.
"lt will remove the costly labor turn
over. which always has existed to {
Greater or lesser extent and Is due mostl.
to the fact that wages and conditions y
employment on one railroad were NOR
favorable than upon another railroad:
Mr.. JEWELS statement is expected t.
occupy several days in its presentation
, to the labor board, following which tn
labor side will present numerous eI
bibits on the various rules and principle
of the national agreement.