Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-15
"ELNS7EIN,S THEORIES OF
RELATIVELY" PREPARES
SPECIALLY FOR LA YdEN
Book Containing Essay in the Eugene Higgins Prize
Contest Is Remarkably Well Edited by
d. j. Malcolm Bird ny

cusslon on N" philosophy ~ -clativ-
ny or Ncln'ivtsm AZ il ~ Gallon /,
IS maintained that whiIc EXTERNAL
ar"'Ity ~ Gnchallcnpcao!c our means
ot comprehension and classiNca,ion
or us properties ana interrcinitcns
- but means for describing ra;h"r
Nan EXPLAINING natural phenomena.
n" contention ~ that an Laws ar
nt'ur" are OK more or lcss Ini,.,
apr location or open TO discrepancies:
| WA al things are relative. and
abandon either AbsoIu,ism or Rala
'''tE. certainly not to mix ;hcrn ~.
As "" see Il. EclativiSm by Dro.
cess not unlike perpetual rh.rk.,
y. Shess rs forced always to rcccde
from IT'S own argument Proving
nothing. 81 d!sproyss !tyclf In ia
csscnc" /; IS "a contradiction. a waIt-
inE IN a circle. beating about tho
nnSh Ihe value Of Rclatism as u
open rniniedncss and dclihcra,ion as
regards the complete application OF
stahdnrIs TO any particular case,
tISin.
;, c"r,ainiy Il Is b. eonrra=, alone
hlhercntlnuon Is the basis Of COM
must u"ccssarily HAY" been accom-.
panied by another a. "a contrast par
h!!"l perhaps equal aud opposite In
vA'Gc. Ee!ativism has its basis in this
extends all through nature lie, us
say. for example. that Materially.
winch definition suggests as the irst
and most real ot All concepts and
manly We're the rst two. Eclaiivisn
would Invit" Sr"-saw between
th"'n as standards. But inasr1uch as
mankind does not relish such Il pro-
ooss winch would. II Consistently Oh
crNed. arcc, exactly one half ot it's
no" great mass Of concepts, IL arbi-
,rariiv fixed" Materially as The
two. and herein is tn. beginnins Of
Absolutism.
THE TRYST. BY Grace Livingston
ni!l. j. Il. iAppincott Co. Philadci-
Driven from home by the sudden
Is not wanted. Patty Merrill goes
10 New York. Almost pcnniiess she
- inrccd 10 take position as com
panion 10 short-tempcred maiden
ladH. and with her goes TO n North
Carolina resort.
Here she sees a young man whose
race IL strongly familiar. and learns
nTenhcw Of the millionaire Calvin
her and tries to renew an acquaint-
ancc OF live years previous. but
FATTY '.rmines TO hide her identity
and snUAs him.
After mi the reader will follow
with brcathl"ss interest the threads
OF destiny that bring the lives OF
these two closer together. until in
tho dramatic climax Patty comes 10
John Trccvcs. that she may save
the factory Of her hcnefactor from
destruction
GET YOUR MAN BY Ethel and
James torrance. The Macaulay Co..
Through this double harreled mys-
terry OF life as lived today in The
Aiaska-Yuk two people wear the
feet.
THE CRoss-cuT. BY Courtney
Ry!cy Cooper. Little. Brown & Co.
rhis is a Colorado mining story
deal ling with the attempt Of "Sauint"
Rodainc and his son to wr&st the
Blue Poppy Silver Mine from Robert
MIR. Cooper is familiar with Colo
RADIO mining-town life and he has a
sense OF humor which marks The
Cross Cut" as n Western novel OF
high order.
ence e milford. a. c. McClurg g.
UneGuaiied Wild West atmosphere.
coupled with rugged cowboy humor.
floods the stories of Hopaiong Cas-
sidy. Red Connors and Johnny Nell
their adventures. the famous three
from the old Bar-20 more than
Justify their former reputation
LIES OvERTONES BY Coral
Frances Scott. The stratford Co.
Boston.
4 book OF verso in which is ex-
pressed some Of the feelings of poig
nant moments In life.
wAYSTDE LYRICS BY George w
Bradford. The Stafford Co. Bos-
ton.
war. with a few translations from
the Chinese.
4 BILL. or DIvORC EME.NT A
Play. BY Clcmcncc Dane. The Mac
milan Co. New York
y drama OF family relations. with
it's scenes in "a small country house
at the present time.