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The New York herald., 1921-07-17

OUR COMMON COUNTRY. BY Warren
G. Harding. With foreword by the
editor. Frederick E. Schortemeier.N The
Bobbs-Merrill Company indianapolis.
This volume completes the at
tempt to set forth the Presidents
character and opinions begun IN a
former volume prepared by Mr..
Schortemeier, "Re-dedicating America
Eighteen selections from recent adj
dresses or writings are included.
Among themes treated are business,
agriculture, children. the theatre, edu-
cation. the immigrant, play, the VIII
lage, two wars the armistice, the Con-
stitution.
The impression left after reading
of the volume is one Of genuine good
nature, desire for the public welfare, to
be secured by tried and proven means.
There is no sign of an adventurous or
exploring impulse. Indeed, the only
cases of departure from an even tenn
pered and friendly attitude are found
in references to those who have left
the beaten path in governmental af-
fairs.
On the other hand, the President
shows no lack of courage in condemn
ing popular selflshness or pleas for
special favors to one class in the COM
munity This Is from his talk to
farmers:
II desire to put aside platitudes. all
the poetic tradition about the worth
and merits of the honest farmer.
Honesty is not peculiar to any occupa-
ton. / desire to awaken the country
to the menaces to it's future unless
American agriculture is preserved, and
above nonsense and false promises and
prodigal waste and dictatorial powers,
all of which have smothered the
farmer, as they have smothered us
all, and overworked executive powers.
/ desire TO deal with all our
great problems, not in the twilight of
generalities, but in the full sunlight
of definition and forward marching"
That is a characteristic passage. 1t
is not unfair to. remark that some for
ward marching has to be done in "twi
light" If it is done at ALL
One of the strongest chapters is that
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
BY PANAME.

A STONISHING as IL may seem in
~ the light OF history. there are
not few royalists to be found
in France to-day. And one might ex-
pect one of these to edit such book
as Gabriel Boissy's Chosen Thoughts
OF the Kings of France" (Bernard
Grasset: Paris). But the editor begins
his Introduction with the clear state
ment: This is not the book of a royal
ist 1t is, quite simply, that of a
Frenchman." And he goes on to say
that now 1t is possible to judge kings
them, since their day is over and there
is no excuse either for partisanship,
fear or hatred.
France has had nearly forty kings.
Some of them have been men Of
genius, who would have won a great
place in history even if they had not
inherited thrones. In this book are
collected the writings and sayings of
sixteen royal authors. Nine bear the
name Louis.
A strong claim is made for Henri
Nv. as an influence upon the language
and literature Of France. Neither
Amyot nor Montaigne had had time to
affect French usage Henri's way was
the direct way my words are not of
two colors," he wrote to Parliament;
what l have on the lips / have in the
heart"
Among the most popular words
Henri ever spoke were those addressed
to Deputies from Bordeaux whom he
met in the great hell at Saint Germain
In 1899: II have just come from play
ing the fool with my children, now I'm
going to play the wise man with you."
The King has been pictured more than
once down on all fours on the carpet,
two children climbing over his back
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
Reviewed by
BENJAMIN DE CASSERES.

w THAT are the four words OF
wv overwhelming interest to all
peoples in all times and under
The New York herald., 1921-07-17

w THAT are the four words of
Nv overwhelming interest to all
peoples in all times and under
all conditions?
What are the four bases Of all litera-
ture in all times?
Sex, money, crime and the immor-
tality of the soul.
If you know how to capitalize any
one of these four questions your for
tune is made
Some one has said that Victor Hugo
and Charles Dickens made living by
plying the poor Since the war thou
sands have made money by trying to
prove that we can communicate with
the dead after the body dies"
There is a psychic realm all about
us. There is an unplumbed subcon-
scious world in every atom and cell
of our body. There is force in us
that probably survives death-a meta
physical impersonal force. But how
these things can bring any sort of
comfort" to human beings is beyond
my comprehension. They tickle the
intellectual curiosity. They fill us with
a sense of mighty and infinite life.
They wrap us in poetic contemplation.
But it is not the Whittier and the
Whence for which the heart cries, but
the Why.
Why should be immortal? To what
end? Why should / evolve through
billions of karmas? Toward what?
Nothing has as yet come from be-
yond the tomb that is not already in
the imagination. or the instincts. Up
to date we have found nothing but
stupidity on the "other side" VIII
Patience Worth outlast Shakespeare?
Personally / believe that nothing ever
dies" but why it shouldn't I don't
know Is It important to live for
ever? have noticed that healthy
men and great geniuses In the arts
are not very much concerned with the
immortality of the soul. Rather three
hundred years of this earth than a
cycle of ghostland.
"The Fringe of Immortality" does
not tell us anything new. II is an
account of the authors own psychic
experiences through which she has
become convinced of the great pos
sibilities of communication between
mind and mind"
Mrs Monteith is obviously sincere
and a real investigator in that she
takes very little at second hand.
The most interesting part of the
book is the one on the Language Of
angels" These chapters tell us of the
communications that the saints have
received from above. ] have for long
years dabbled in the jargon of the
Saints myself and I remain uncon-
vinced. ] do not say that Mrs. Mon
teith does not make out a case for
them. for each temperament is n sep
arate premise, and any one can make
out a case for anything. We once be-
lieved the world was fiat. Now we
believe II is spherical. Some day that.
too. will be a superstition. When the
Fourth Dimension Is an established
fact this whole visible universe will
The New York herald., 1921-07-17

probably be found to be rhomboid-
shaped atom, and the earth we live
on nothing but a straight line. Then
some one will upset that.
/ grant that Mrs. Monteith is a
good reasoner:f but is reason fact"
or an illusion?
If we want another world why
not accept the revelation" of Chris
tianity?-or the Vedantists? Why not
swallow the whole thing as it has
been revealed to us? Why automatic
writing. materializations and frances? I?
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
MODERN IRELAND
MADE THE SCENE
OF A PROSE EPIC

CONQUEST. BY Gerald o'Donovan. q.
p Putnam's Sons.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
BY EDWARD ANTHONY.
SHAK A LA MODE.

TIME teachers Of West Hoboken
have discovered that jazz
music and Shakespeare will
not mix. The Teachers Association
has notified the Board of Education to
this effect. The Rev. Adolph
Hochuser Cf Staten Island also pro-
tested to he board about the jazz ac-
compartment to Shakespeare, and eug-
gested that If music is necessary Sc
lections from the masters be played
rather than the White Ways popular
"blues. ."-NelCs item.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
The Book Factory

my boy is not the lowbrow kind
Said Algernon O'Shea,
''His classic turn of mind will earn
Him rich rewards some day.
Right now he's brushing up his par
In AS You Like It'-hear
Him walk the floor, repeating DER
Those lines hold so dear.
BE at the hool tonight; I'm sure
You'll find it worth your while"
And when he did he heard the kid
Give Shakespeare, modern style:
CHORUS:
Under the greenwood tree,
That greentoood tree,
4odnnd be
with my honey. Whee!
The New York herald., 1921-07-17

p. Putnam's Sons.
Reviewed by w. B. MCCORMICK.
IN view of the fact that the aver
age American reader knows lit
tie or nothing of either ancient
or modern Irish history. the PASSAGES
in Gerald O'Donovan's Conquest" de-
voted to the social, political and his
torical records of that country within
the last ten years will not be easy of
understanding. And more particular
ly from the fact that he tells his story
chiefly through dinner and luncheon
table discussions of groups of Irish
people to whom all this history is as
the breath of life. Yet in spite of
thus presenting an unknown subject
in terms not readily understood by
the average reader Mr.. O'Donovan
has written a great Irish novel 1t
is great because it is q perfect pict-
ure of the people and the times; be-
cause it is true: because 1t carries
conviction of the lesson he set out to
teach the tragedy Of Ireland and Irish
life for the last 500 years.
Fergus Kane, zone of Plunketts
young men" as the author describes
him, thus presents the Irishman's
viewpoint as to England in an Irish
country house whose owner hangs the
works of Matisse. Sargent, Degas, Ce-
zanne. and Gauguin on his walls. Kane
explains: THE English and their
Orange garrison never conquered Ire
1t ~ oxriI IA1 ND
starved millions, but the unconquer-
able soul of the country they have
never been able to. touch. 1t mocks
them from beyond the grave. 1t de-
spises them here.
'It is England and not Ireland that
has been. nquered--conquered by an
idea; though England, which is CROP
ing after it's own soul, lost in and
clogged by material success doesn't
vet see it. The various half
hearted attempts at Home Rule show
the working of the spirit in wider
groups. You can see 1t even in this
house. Mrs. Lentaigne and myself
were brought up in the belief that God
was an Orange gentleman who aus
terely whipped the mere Irish into
bOOlo anu otdi NiiiiiS iiio
shirt, and graciously kicked them to
hell for their pains. We have given
up the worship of that fetish. e.
Ulster is Englands worst crime in
Ireland, and will cause her most trou-
bic in the end. When the last Eng
lishman is converted to Home Rule
a remnant of Orangemen will be found
banging dr um and proclaiming them
selves the only loyal Englishmen. They
owe everything to England but moth
ing will shake an Orangeman's convic-
ton that he keeps the British Empire
from crumbling to bits"
But even the politics in this tale
cannot overshadow the romance be-
tween Diana Scovell and Jim DAILY
that has so many heartbreaking inter-
ruptions. The author makes the
reader feel, with Diana, the wish, ''if
only the world could be made to stand
still and remain forever just as 1t was
now" when reading some of their ro-
mantle scenes. And others will share
Jim's dream that Ireland would one
day see England as I saw 1t. That
England would allow her to see It. And
that England would see Ireland as I
knew II 20 be. But this could never
happen so long as they stood in the
relation of conqueror and conquered"
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
PRESIDENT, POETS, KINGS

Some like maple,
Some like pine,
But the greenwood tree
Is the tree for mine.
There, a-spooA ain 1cith my Mag,
like to do that 0reen,oood rag!
That fippy, sippy,
Simply dippy
Greenwood r-a-d-d-Gg!
And "As You Like IT, went so well
They put on "Dick the Third"
That show about a wicked lout
Who murders an absurd
Percentage of his relatives,
Unmindful of the fact
That numbering, If anything.
Is an indecent act.
When Richard, trapped, his kingdom
wants
To barter for a horse,
A Thespian young Of powerful lung
Arises to discourse:
CHORUS:
don't aodnt no limousine,
don't pant no stoeH machine,
don't f0ant no ldtmidelet,
/ don qUant no SaoeH coupe,
Becoss
A hoSs
Is good enough for mel
I said iodnnG,
I'll be conner,
II don't get a boss!
You heard me,
Take my toord, me
Life amt toorth nickel
And Pm In an dtoful pickle
If don't get hos-s-s-s-s-S!
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
DOUGLAS GOLDRING

There are some merry bits of satire
in Streets and Other Verses" by the
English poet Douglas Goldring We
liked best "A Triumphal Ode" written,
according to the author. ION the occa-
sion of the Grand March of British
poets and men of letters, which took
place under the auspices of the League
of National and Civic Idiocy on Vic
tory Day, July 10, 1919
. Here's J. C. SQUIRE and here
the laurelrd Shanks.
There's Ezra's circle of performing
Yanks.
Here Yeats. with eyes distraught and
tangled hair,
Means the lost vogue Of Deirdre, in
Mayfair
While aged Moore. detached little
bored,
Tells doubtful tales to Mrs. Humphry
Ward"
Then come
4. "The sets, the circles and the
cliques,
Who boost each others work in their
critiques."
Judging by the last couplet, England
as we'll as America has its Society for
the encouragement of Reciprocal
Alteration.
THE CARELESS SATIRIST.
Usually a writer of satire does not
go out of his way to invite satires of
himself Goldring does. In his serious
poems he initiates constantly, usually
employing John Masefield or A. e.
Housman as his model, and any of the
writer's Goldring has kidded in his
book has an opportunity to pay him
back threefold In "Beaugency-sur-
Loire" the author of Streets" has re-
written Maseheld's "Sea Fever" The
revision is skilful but on the ground
of priority. if nothing else, we vote for
Masefield's version. Unacknowledged
paraphrases of A. f. Housman are
fashionable these days, so perhaps we
should not be surprised to find Gold
ring making a noise like Housman-
ikin in such poems as "Oak Hill Way"
"Spaniards," and Now Slants the
Moonlight"
BALLADE OF CRITICS.
Because like TO use
Such brains as j possess,
/ read the book reviews
Appearing in the press.
But always, / confess,
(I'm sorry II err)
My thought Is. more or less.
Whats all the shootin' fer?'
MacNab MacSweeney, whose
"A Bunch Of Watercress"
Is met by Jones with boos,
Smith greets with a caress.
Rotten - Another 'Tes' J"
Ny goodness what n stir!
But tohyS I cannot guess
What's all the shootin' fer?
Well. baby needs new shoes
The critics wife n dress;
In peace he could not snooze
II they were in distress.
So he must curse or bless
Cat umpty-seven peri.
But-'scuse my heartlessness-
What's all the shootin' fer?
Ed, T've had no success;
Mn mind Is Just blur.
Can you clear up the messf
What's all the shoottp ferf
BARON IRELAND.
Search us. Baron Ireland! But we
do know this: agitation against book
reviewing might result in the abolition
of the custom, which, in one way
would be a humane thing. as II would
give such words as striking, "pene-
trating," poignant" stark" "illumi-
mating" &c, n much needed vacation.
But humanitarian reasons are In
sufficient. Review copies OF books
usually solve SO per cent. of our
Christmas gift problem.s So nix on
the iconoclasm, Baron.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-27
POSTCARD NOTICE ISSUE
IN BERGDOlL WRIT PLEA
Try Associated Press I

KANSAS CITY. MO-. March 90
Whether mailing OF Il post card con-
stituted sufficient notification OF Il
summons to the colors under the Sc
Involved for decision IN hubcas COR
puS proceedings on call In Federal
court at Kansas City, Kan. today. to
bring about the, release from prison
OF Erwin Beredoll. OF Philadelphia
Ecrgdoll. brother of Grover Berg
doll, draft evader now In Germany. is
serving tvc-year sentence in the
Fedora! penitcntiary At Leaveaworth.
II is expected the decision will de-
tormiac whether several thousand
alleged "slackcrs" will be brought to
trial. BerCdoll contends that he never
received notice to report for military
service. The government seeks to
introduce evidence proving that a
postcard notice was mailed to Berg
doll, ard that PROOF OF mailing is all
that is required
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-27
MISS NATALIE TALMAGE
DENIES TR0TH Is BROKEN

NEW YORK. March 2G.-Natalio
Talmadgc. of the family of famous
movie stars. and Buster Keaton, film
comedian. are still engaged. although
they have not seen each other for
two years. and don't even exchange
love letters. Reports that their en-
ragenent was broken We're vigorous
~ denied today by Natalie. In New
ork, and Buster. in Los Angeles.
There's nothing to IT," Natalie
stated succirctly when asked for the
Cupid.
kcaton wired from Los Angeles
that he was bewildcred by the report.
ABSOLUTELY untrue" he said Il
would say we are moro engaged than
ever. The report that the engage
ment Is broken certainly was a
shock to me. and think Miss cal
mauGe also Will he greatly surprised"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-27
MAJOR z|NOv| PECHKQFF
MILL SPEAK HERE MONDAY
sSoldier, Diplomat and Economist
Y Will Address Wcstmorc-
l;s2 land Club.
y THIRD VISIT TO L. S.
Fought on Eastern and Western
Front With French Foreign Ic-
sion-Hcrc at Ichcst of Conn
mittcc for Devastated France.

$50 america is an old acquaintance to
4 Major Zinovi Pcckom who is to spear,
before the Wcstmoreiand Club mex;
Monday evening. He made his first
( Sacauaintancc with the United states
%hen he WAS l9 years old, and was
IN tho midst OF . 2 years tour Of the
World studying the economic situa-
ton in all countries and finding out
how other folks lived and what they
Thought about a lot OF interesting
things. He landed in New York. and
Tor several days walked the streets.
He concluded that New York State
Was TOO big 10 be summed up casual
ly; So he started of afoot.
He found he liked Americans and
they liked him. So he kept on afoot
up the Hudson Valley To Albany, and
then striking West with the con-
SEnsase, and he muscles of youth
landed In Buffalo. Pcchom has been
q lover of America ever since.
e. Then he was over here in 1917
speaking for the American Ambu-
rance, now he comes at the invita-
Ton OF the American Committee for
Devastea France aud by courtesy Of
the French Foreign Office.
Since his first sight OF America
he has seen and done amazing
Things. Among them he has fought
ON both the Eastern and Western
fronts. seen the. collapse of the Rus
sian armies and government served
as assistant TO the French high COM
missioner in many countries and
slnce the armistice has been in every
European and Asiatic country again
Few men live today have his grasp
of first hand knowledge touchin,.
world affairs. for they have been
daily events to him for the last six
years.
He should be able to describe the
work of Putting Europe Together
Again" clearly, and sympat hctically
He speaks perfect English. Major
sPechoH has been decorated by many
governments. He is 81 years old
fought IN the trenches with the
lFrench Foreign Legion until he lost
his right arm and since that time
mas been trusted with many missions
70 all parts OF the world by his gov
ernment
He has many friends in America.
ana during the tour he has been re-
newing many old acquaintance. He
mas been widely entertained It is
parity TO express the thanks OF
France TO Americans that no is max
inG this present journey
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-27
MOVE TO FIX WAGES FOR
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON. March 26.-A bill
10 Tx new wage standards for all
government employees is TO he one oil
the first measures to obtain consid
Grafton at the approaching session OF
Congress. salary scales in general
according to plans outlined. will be
raised, but wages for several classes
of employees may be reduced.
Senator Smoot. Republican, Utah
with the aid OF Treasury experts. is
preparing Il bill for the rcclassifica
ton of government salaries. 1t is
tho plan 10 cease paying Federal en-
ploycs from lump sums, ut salaries
fixed at the will OF bureau chiefs
ana also TO dispense with the bonus
system adopted during the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-02
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Ro- f. Jones of Newfane is in town
today n business.
Mrs. Ella w. Donelson is in the Memo
rial hospital for treatment.
| Mrs. j. r. Murphy and Mrs. F. L.
Straw spent Monday in Springfield, Mass
Avalon Converse of New York visited
over the weekend at his home on High
lstreet.
Mrs. Hadley of Chester is a guest in
town in the home of Col and Mrs. f. w
| Gibson.
Mrs D. W. Harris of West Brattleboro
is in Winchester, n. H., today on a bust
| ness trip.
! Mrs. f. A. Harris of Greenfield is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. b. Akley of
Canal street
Stanley Gray of Chicopee, Mass, be-
gan work this morning at the Brooks
House as bellboy.
George Birch of High street, after visit
! ing the past month with relatives in Mich
| igan, has returned home.
Leonard Muir went yesterday after
noon to his home in Providence, Il. L., to
remain the rest of the week.
W. p. Noyes of Bellows Falls was in
| town yesterday on business for the In
! ternationl Correspondence school.
James Hebert, travelling salesman for
a firm in Detroit, is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Hebert of Grove
| street.
Mrs. Lewis Harris is working for Her
mon JOY during the absence of Mrs.
Waite, his housekeeper, who is on va
| cation.
Mrs. Erwin S. Smith of South London
derry has come to spend the winter in
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alison
Harris.
Attorney General Frank c. Archibald
of Manchester was in town yesterday and
today in conference with States Attorney
/ Harold +. Whitney.
Mrs. Carl Smith, clerk in Houghton &
Simonds's store. was called last night
to her home in vergennes by the illness
of her mother, Mrs. p. Simon.
John G. Heaphy, who had been here
several days on account of the death. of
his brother, T. j. Heaphy of Montpelier,
returned yesterday to Montpelier
Miss Mary Coombs finished work
yesterday in the Office of the Durham
Brothers Co. She will take position in
the Office of the S. A. Smith Mfg. Co.
| Gordon Rugg finished work last night
at the Brooks House, where he had been
employed as bellboy. He will begin
working soon for the Fort Drummer Mills.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Lester Barber moved
! yesterday from Crosby block to Guilford.
where Mr.. Barber and Frank II. Brasor
| recently bought the general merchandise
and grain store of Fred Coombs
Miss ATilia A. Farnum of Guilf1rd. a
junior in the Brattleboro high school, I'M
| derwent an operation for appendicitis this
morning at The Memorial hospital. Dr.
i Harry L. Greene was the surgeon.
Mrs. Gustaf Stromberg left yesterday
| for her home in New York after having
| spent the summer at her summer home
on Ames hill Mrs. Stromberg will sail
later for Europe, where she plans to
spend the winter.
Miss Catherine Given. who has had a
position a year as district nurse with
! the Mutual Aid association, will finish
work there this week. She plans to take
a needed rest. Her place viii be taken
| by Miss Gwendolyn Charlesworth. who
recently graduated from the North Ad-
ans hospital