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The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
THE LAMP OF FATE,
BY MARGARET PEDLER.
George H. Doran Coz

Margaret Pedler seems to be a sec
ond-cousin-onc or some
thing of The sort, of Elinor Glyn.
While We have never read The Her
nit of the Far End" THE House of
Dreams -Come-True." or The Splen-
did Folly" we are sure after perus-
ing THE Lamp of Fate" that the
author belongs to that class who
spell romance all in capitals and
deal only in the loves of the high
born. Diana Wielitzska, a dancer,
marries Hugh Vallincourt, the eighth
in the direct line, and for eight gen.
erations the first-born OF the VAL
lincourts has been a son,sbut Diana's
child is a daughter, and this calam-
ity. together with Hugh naughty
sister Catherine who hates Diana,
convince him that his marriage was
a wicked misalliance. He refuses
to live with Diana longer. Her heart
breaks. and when she dies she tells
her daughter Magda, Never give
your heart to any man. Take every
thing. But do not give anything in
return" Naturally with this for a
motto, and especially since she is so
beautiful that all men fall in love
with her, Magda's adventures art
many and it is of them that the
story deals. 1t is the kind of book
that most people mean when they
say "a best seller" And yet it's
romance" bears no relation what
ever to Main Street" which hap
pens to have been the best-seller in
these United States this year.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
THE PASSIONATE
PURITAN,
By JANE MANDER-
(Johu Lane Col

Jane Mander is new and presum-
ably young and she writes about
New Zealand, so that there is great
deal of freshness about THE Pas
sionate Puritan" In fact. the first
part of the story. when Sidney Carey
is first going into the bush and get
ting settled as school teacher in
Puhipuhi. is delightful. But when
she grows less interested in the
things about her and more so in her
self and her relations to Arthur
Devereux, it becomes less individual.
For Sidney is very serious minded
about herself and love. and it takes
a great deal of time to put bit of
humor into her. However, the tale
is far from dull and it is certainly
no joke for an idealistic young per-
son to discover that her lover has
anything but puritanical morals.
And there are many dramatic, sure
bits of narrative-the tripping"
when they loose the dams and the
logs jump and road down the valley.
the fire when Sidney rescues Mrs.
James, the ball at Whakapara. Rosy
Hsrdy's death, and so on. 1t is not
a particularly arresting book, al
though the jacket says 1t is "a story
of the unexpected" but 1t is out of
the ordinary because of its atmos-
phere. and there is a fair share of
good reading in ii.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
A BOOKBUYER'S LIST.

Revolution" by j. D. Beresford.
&c. P. Putnam's Sons.)
Conquest" by Gerald O'Donovan.
&c. P. Putnam's Sons)
The Desert and the Rose" by Edith
Nicholl Ellison. (The Cornhill
Company
THE City Sleeps" (poems), by
Charles Mulford Robinson. (The
Cornhill Company
The Stairway" by Alice A. Chown.
(The Cornhill Company
THE Slaughter of the Jews in the
Ukraine in 1919" by Elias Hell
fetz. (Thomas Seltzer.)
Handbook of Yosemite National
Park" compiled and edited by
Ansel F. Hall. United States Ma
tional Park Service. &C. P. Put
nam's Sons)
"a Defense of Liberty" by the Hon.
oliver Brett. &C. p. Putnam's
Sons.)
Books and Folks" by Edward N.
Teall. &c. P. Putnam's Sons)
The Labor Movement" by Frank
Tannenbaum. &c. P. Putnam's
Sons.)
'The Story of Chautauqua," by Jesse
L. Hurlbut. G. p Putnam's
Sons.)
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Gabrielle D'Annunrio.

He seemed suddenly to assume the
role OF a king, and he talked, oh,
how he talked, / have never heard
anything like IL. l should not have
thought that the human lips could
utter them so rapidly. II was won
derful and il was like music-such
cadences, such spasms OF prose
melody. The soup passed, the fish
came, and still he talked. Once ]
thought that no utterance was so
mUsically rapid as Sarah Bern
hardt's. But he beat her. I forgot
my chop, I forgot my Times.
beckoned the waiter. one Of those
polyglot people who speak no
language. but something OF every
tongue.
who is he?" I whispered. do
you know" The waiter looked at
me curiously, patronizingly-as the
Irish policeman looked when
asked him which was Boston Com
mon-and answered. He with the
bald head and the (his fingers
pantomimed the upward turn OF
fierce mustachios)-he? That is
DAnnunzio-the great Gabrielle
D'Annunzio.'-A vignette by Lewis
Hind in The Bodleian."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Pianist in
Neu Flight
Whithorne's Composition
Has Skiey Title
"AeropLdne." 81

And now comes a piano concert
piece entitled "Acroplane" The ad-
vent of this most modern Of COM
positions. thematologically speak -
ing, is noted by Mephisto in the cur %
rent issue Of Musical America" It
is the work OF Emerson Withorne.
1T is no small piece. this Aero
plane declares the Eossiper. but
an ambitious fourteen-paEe affair.
elaborate both in conception ana
design. And it has nothing to 40 2
with his earlier work. those love-.
ly songs such as The Babe in the
Garden Put by the Lutte and some
others which we have praised high
ly in these columns In them NJ.
Withorne was what Cyril Scott .
calls a musical presentist. In hlA-s
Op. IS. No. .. The AeropTane.' he is :
a futurist beyond any doubt
The whole piece is stunnincly
contrived, with extraordinary spon-
taneity, and the artitecture Is i'm
posing. One feels the altitude %
the object under discussion. one .
feels the plane whir, feels It rise I
and at the end We hear il fal'. At
any rate. we think We do. And that
is quite as good. Technically j, -
tremendously difficult and only for
concert players. There will be a lot
Of persons who will fan totally % q.
understand Mr.. Whithorne's piece;
they will contend that he has lost
his invention. musical. of course,
not mechanical. although We are on
the subject Of aeroplanos. But that !.
seems to us not to be so. Mr.. Whit
horne is not writing everything to-
day in the idiom Of this piece. Eut
when he is writing about an aero
plane he dons the futurist manner
and garb. believing, and very prob
ably correctly SO. that this IS The
most graphic way of expressing IL.
Whether he Is right or not. one
thing is certain, and that is that Il
could not be pictured in triads."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

high order. 1t is we'll equipped in
every particular as a complete
theater-stage. scenery, excellent
lighting, dressing rooms-all the
necessary requirements.
study Drama With Experts.
The actors are chosen from tho
Gloucester Dramatic School and
from the summer colonists of
histronic ability, much unusual
talent being Unexpectedly dis
covered. The Community Dramatic
School has proved surprisingly
successful and the courses of in
struction cover a large field of
work. Acting. play directing, in
depreciation. public speaking. voice,
pantomime, physical training.
dancing.
The instructors are a corps of
able teachers. the director being
Miss Florence Cunningham. She
spent last winter in Paris studying
at Copeau's Theater. She found
there very earnest. sincere work
that Is beginning to show results
which are recognized by all Paris.
"A number of prominent stage
people have consented to give talks
before the school. among them Mrs.
Louise Closer Hale, famous for the
work she did last winter in Miss
Lulu Petit. She is also well known
through her many charming travel
articles and books. She has write n
that she is glad to speak at the
school, especially on the subject of
which she sees a most pitiable need
on the stage, diction. diction, diction.
AS evidence of the need Of such
a school, after one years work, ap-
plications have already been re-
ceived from Boston for graduates as
teachers.
ITO work. to paint. to study, to
play. has become a summer fashion
far removed the old summer hling
on hotel piazzas-a fashion that will
achieve grea results for the
artists"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

Max Beerbohm was and is
London dandy of the choicest kind"
according to Lewis Hind, in one of
series of vignettes in The Bod
leian."
The gentle eminence of Saint
James street, as Lord Beaconsfield
called it, not enhancing Rapallo is
his walk in life;" the sketch con-
tinues he, above all others. under
stands the nice conduct of a clouded
cane. the right shape and tilt of a
SILK hat, and the proper point where
a frock coat (now unmodish) should
artfully bulge in the bosom. 1t was
he, too. who some years ago tried
to make man ashamed of his
sombre, faultless evening garb.
What was the method, Beau Max?
Really, l have forgotten. Was the
exquisite coat purple or dark choco-
late? The knee breeches, / know
were black, and 1 fancy there was
simmer of moonlight in the hue
of the silk stockings. Whatever II
was, be sure there was nothing vul-
gar about the dress. for our author
has the quietest of tastes in raiment
as in writing. Only a very fastidi-
Gus mind could wear a smile so
bored yet so observant, a shoe so
dainty, a buttonhole so chaste."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

making on the musical con- 7os.ng. !.
proclivities Of the general. 'ASsiO-
dy" is Of a lullaby nature. but the
Instrumental artists are expecting
more wakeful compositions as a re-
suit OF the budget making. The
wholesale tinGle of dollars eNuding
from the government treasury is
not soporifc. but partakes more % =
the nature OF a giant moan. hence
IL his work is reflected in the music
as often happens. he will write COM
positions Of a more hell and Maria
nature" resounding and cyclonic. ''
The Jingle OF dollars coming in
may induce the production Of lula
bies, but going oUL il is not
"Humoresque" hut "Pathetiquc
The task Of the general will hs TO
make the dollars flow out "andante-
instead Of sllegretto. Budget maxi
ing is thus essentially a work OF a
musical nature.
General Dawes is at present liv-
ing with General Pershing az tho
latter's home in Chevy Chase, pend
ing the establishment by Dawes of
his own home here. General Dawes
and Pershing first became ac-
Guainted in 1887 in Nebraska, where
Pershing was military Instructor In 4
the University OF Nebraska anus
Dawes was an attorney. At the be-
ginning Of the war, General Pershln-
drafted Dawes as general purchas-
ing agent of the A. L. +. in France.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Tardieu's Work Attempts
Clemenceau's Vindication
"The Truth About the Treaty. Would Justify
"The Tigers" Peace Moves
Other Books.

but there are remarkable studies Of
her psychology, such as her struggle
for q good time at the i'almer's s
dance, and her instructive, unneces-
sary lies when the charming Mr..
Russell finds her buying cheap to-
bacco for her father. And the din
ner which Mrs. Adams hopefully
gives for Alice's young man is prob
ably one Of the most appallingly real
pictures that Harrington has ever
drawn. There is nobody else IN
America who MANAGES e do exactly
what Harrington. does, although in
every magazine there are people who
try to, and so, after all, the pest
way to characterize Alice Adams Is
to label 1t simply a Harrington
novel, unadultcrated.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
BOOKS ARTISTS :: ABOUT MUSIC
Concerto For
ToLs ExceLs
Zasdonai's "ROnidntico"
Hailed as Certain
Classic.

The violinists, Musical America"
opines, must cease their many years
lament that modern composers have
given them no new concerto worth
playing.
For that young Italian master.
Riccardo Zandonaf, has in his Con-
certo Romantico' written a work
that will. in our opinion, take its
place permanently in the violin
repertoire" IL continues.
TT has been published with the
orchestral part well reduced Tor
piano by the composer. and is avail
able for those who would make
themselves familiar with what we
consider the finest of all new violin
concertos. We are. not OF those who
hold that there are no new violin
concertos worthy of performance.
Often have We called attention to
the concertos of Sibelius, Weismann.
Striegler, Elgar. Gottlieb-Noren. and
the Americans. Huss, Cecil Bur-
leigh. Severn. Bartlett, Bornschein.
Yet our violin virtuosi insist on
playing for US year after year the
Bruch G Minor. the Saint-Saens B
Minor, and the old list of hackneyed
things, which the public seems to
enjoy well enough, but whose con-
slant playing makes very tiresome
listening for persons OF progressive
tendencies.
"Riccardo zandonai was just the
man to do this concerto. He is one
of the biggest men in Italy to-day.
a man who can work in both the
symphonic and the operate fields
and display his outstanding person
ality. The Concerto Romantico"
is in three movements. first an AL
legro con vivacita ed energia, A
minor, 3-4. followed by a motto
adagio, sostenutissimo cen dolore
profondo. major, 3-4-s-s. and a
final allegro deciso. A minor, "a. To
describe such a work adequately on
paper would involve pages of type
and unfortunately that is not avail
able. All we can hope to do is to
indicate some OF the salient points
that make this Concerto Romantico'
so important a work. II then re-
mains for the concert violinists to
examine IL and add il to their rep
ertoire, if they find it as exceptional
as We have"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

:!ot only can Dawes play the
piano and violin, but he is a clever
composer. One of his compositions
Melody" has been featured by
musicians.
But his endeavors in the cussless
field of music do not end with play
ing and composing, General Dawes
is as well a musical Maedenas. AS
soon as wealth commenced to flow
to General Dawes Golfers in stac-
cato fashion. to use the musical
phraseology. the general commenced
to put a great deal Of IL to
the assistance Of musicians climb
ing the rocky road Of achievement.
Aids Musicians.
Francis Mcmillan. the American
genius of the violin is one who owes
much to the support provided by
Dawes. But this is only one OF a
multitude Of instances that might
be cited where Dawes has come to
the aid of aspiring musicians.
Another incident which is typical
of the general, deals with the in
stanter organization Of a band by
General Dawes. just prior to the
sailing overseas Of the Fifteenth
Regiments Of Engineers. To cut the
ties Of red tape, which threatened
to delay the organization of the
band, General Dawes wired for
complete Instrumentation for a full
sized band, paid from his personal
funds the entire amount, thus
launching the first regimental band
in FrPnce in July. 1917"
Musicians are watchfully waiting
for the effects Of the work of budget
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
ALICE ADAMS,
by BOOTH HARRINGTON.
lDou ubledny, Pnge & Col


Booth Harrington himself has
called Alice Adams one of his series
OF studies of American families. It
does not belong to the Penrod will
lam Baxter series, but rather to the
Magnificent Ambersons. although the
Adamses are not at all the Amber
sons sort but IF that unfortunate
throng that gazes on the Ambersons
from below and struggles to attain
their heights. The most recoyniz-
able persons in the book are prob
ably Virgil Adams. a hardworking,
unsuccessful old man who is nagged
by his wife because he cannot pro-
vide his daughter with the where
withal for social success, and his
son, Walter. who amuses himself
shooting craps with negro chauf-
feurs and walters while his mother
protests feebly that she is sure
Walter IL a good boy" even II no
member of the family knows where
he spends his time and his motley
IL Is rather tragic book. not big
but perfectly American. And as
usual Mr.. Harrington demonstrates
his remarkable ability to reproduce
the rambling. vague conversation Of
ordinary people. The plot is, of
course simple-Tarkington never
oothers with elaborate plots, but
concentrates rather on atmosphere-
and the town might be any town,
and the Adamses any family that
wants more than it can get, and
nights only to discover that what IL
Is hghting for is not very worth
while after all Alice Adams herself
seems less of a person than either
her father or mother. largely be-
cause she is SO young and unfinished.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10


fortunate enough to attend one Of
these shows" she writes, they are
OF a high order of excellence and
the works OF some of Americas
foremost artists are to be seen
there.
The whole plan of the gallery
Is of a high idealism, its promoters
and exhibitors desire to strive in
dividually and collectively to work
for the development of art. knowing
that 1t brings a realization of the
beautiful in nature and literature
and tends to a fuller appreciation
and enjoyment of life.
Exhibitors Choose Jury.
Every picture and piece of sculp-
ture submitted Is accepted upon its
merits, not because of the artists
name or reputation and to further
that end, no individual or jury has
every received any remuneration in
money or gift. During the first ex-
hibits held, the pictures were large
ly invited, but as the Gloucester Art
Community increased and strength
ened, this became too arduous a
task, as there was always danger
"
lected in an unknown studio. Last
year the exhibitors chose by ballot
their own jury and a very success
full show was hung.
This year a new experiment will
be trie,. A committee to consist
of five people will be appointed. two
from out OF town to judge the paint
ings and two to judge the sculpture.
This years exhibition, the sixth,
will be held from August to
August 81. Opening day for artists
and press when they are invited to
meet the jury is August ..
"A number of the Washington and
Baltimore artists have studios in
the neighborhod of East Gloucester
and are exhibitors in the gallery.
Another object of the gallery,
which is also the playhouse on the
Moors," is to produce plays of a
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

certain breed of rabbit (only, thank
heaven, not so prolific); he is Mop
one ear cooked to the highbrow
attitude, the other dropped to the
ground in hope of hearing his own
name. These intellectual. lops pro-
duce with equal facility asylum
poetry, Colney Hatch pictures,
plays, dancing dervish
music, and jambouree novels.
II the atrocities were committed
in secret, lops for lops only, there
might be some excuse for them. But
the Ianguid young gentlemen in
squashV black hats and the sloppy
young, girls in bobbed hair do not
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

as II, can II be a quarter OF a
century ago" muses. Lewis Hind in
The Bodleian," since / sat one
summer afternoon on the sands at
Sandgate, Kent, with II. G. Wells
and Joseph Conrad? Wells was our
host. He was living then at the
charming Voysey house he had built
on the cliff perched between Folkes-
tone and Hythe. I had come from
London. Conrad had emerged from
the inland farmhouse where he was
then living, working at. / fancy.
The Niger of the Narcissus,' which
was published in 1897. remember
H. G's quick. blue, watching,
amused eyes. and intriguing manner
with a touch of asperity; such a
contrast to Conrad's virility and
violence of utterance. / remember
watching Conrad dig his hands
fiercely into the loose sand, and say
All, il only / could write zee Eng
land good, well. But you see, you
will see" Joseph Conrad is eager
and fortnight, as prompt in speech
as in action, which is what we
might expect from "A Master in the
Merchant Service who had spent
many years of his life at sea- His
literary style is as broad, deep and
full as a rolling Atlantic breaker.
He handles our sonorous and
plangent English with the ease that
a captain handles a ship, and yet
he u not an Englishman."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Urges Music
To End War
"Mephisto" Would Haze
Nations Summoned
To Singing.

"Mephisto," departing from his
usual tenor in Musical America
descants on the possibility of world
peace being brought about by at
mospheric vibrations. Harmonies
might bring disarmament. he be-
lieves.
Different was the conception of
Rudyard Kipling in one of his tales
of the future, where he told of an
army whose main weapon consists
of a mechanism for blaring out a
system of "keynotes" sufficiently
strong to bring buildings crashing
down and break the ear-drums Of
or drive insane men Of opposing
forces. "Mephisto" looks for music
to continue its present peaceful
role. however.
Some knowledge OF the power Of
vibration" he says. had been ac-
quired before the close of the war.
Just think, that through vibration.
without firing a shot, you can de-
-stroy an aeroplane that is a mile
and a half in the air. How can you
do 1t? After you have made some
mathematical calculations, all you
have to do is to start a propeller
whirling on the ground. determine
the vibrations caused by the flight
of the aeroplane and then start
counter vibrations, when your aero
plane will fly into pieces. Do you
realize that actual experiments have
been successfully made?
Now then here comes the prob
lem. Shall we use vibration through
the influence of music. through
harmonies, to bring about disarma-
ment, world peace? Shall the
singers and players go forth to sum-
mon the nations to music, to song.
or shall we relegate that to the rear
as unimportant and go ahead de-
yo:oping the powers of destruction
not alone with bombs, aeroplanes,
deadly gases. hut through vibrating
machines, enabling us to set loose
forces that may lay an empire in
ruins?
closely allied. in the opinion no
doubt of those who may read this,
to lunacy. but in truth science is
showing that they are based on
facts demonstrated by experience;
and yet a crazy world sees ahead
only more force, more destruction,
more ornaments. more battleships,
moro guns that can carry miles.
Meanwhile we go on with our little
cares and duties day by day. from
home to office, or factory and back
again. We eat our meals: We have
our little pleasures and We don't
realize that. as / said. we are on
the verge of an abyss"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10

japanese auditors didn't IN
derstand the words enunciated
by Schumann-Heink when the
great and perennial contrnlto
sang recently In concert Mt
Tokyo. Tint the language OF
art Is universal, however, again
was proved by the enthusiastic
reception accorded her. The
Nipponese cartoonist gives q
somewhat impressionistic pc
ture of the singer. whose looks,
be II admitted in all truth, are,
In nowise Harmonious with her
splendid voice. A gentleman OF
the Hashimura Togo type here
II inquiring of his fair compan-
ion "Do you understand what
she IL singingf"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Dawes, the Musical, Hell
and Maria's" Latest Role
New Compositions Eagerly Awaited From
Budget Chief Who Plays, Composes
And Aids Struggling Genius. .., .-,
By DAVID SCHWARTZ.

A White House Band
Harding who the trombone
of the administration with proclvies competitor
the arrival at Washington of Bgader
Dawes of Hell and Maria" fame take charge
mammoth executive military task cung the forte of Da
the b.
home several musical instruments He violin
and dance and thunder
talents the 4
Sceptical
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Miss Kincer, st. PauPs
Organist, GiUen Leave

Miss Locke Kincer. orGanist at
st. Paul's English Lutheran Church.
has been granted a two-months'
leave OF absence and is at Chautau-
qua, N. Y, taking a special summer
course with Ernest Hutchinson, the
noted pianist. Miss Martha Warning
will have charge of the organ at St.
Paufs during Miss Kincer's absence.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Local Artists to Exhibit in
East Gloucester 'fGallery"
Massachusetts Summer Colony Grows in
Numbers and Aspiration in Realms of
Painting and Drama. -

number OF Washington and Baltimore have fled the on
Pressve heat OF this section and have opened their studios
establishment the past Ave
move and valuable exhibitions have f - S|
plans gallery big PURPOSE and of IN.
Wright Washngn artist
in communication 10 The Herald.