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New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
New School of Sea Fiction
BY Milton Raison

shining steel. the purr ~ n. n,g.
dynamo. the lazy fut,er Of n. ts,,..
draught fan all these things sms.. Il.
senses and filed him with Sole.
delight"
Perhaps all these things aren't "a.
dgcive 20 good health and clean llyi,.
but they are intensely interesting ,,I
therefore excellent material for ee,,.
Why DO writers neglect such mat.r,,,
The engine room will have % fns
place in modern fiction. Il is rsau,-
Of The sharpest sort n has N. ,,,sJ
color Of realism And A. for N. a.,
terror of steamships. Vi'ren Cav., f,
Brscoe's adm.ration IN Cs'lsis
with admir.ng eyes q. watched =.
swing round as her tvin.serevs 4.
volvcd. ono against The other, chgrr,.
the docl water into crsam.eolsy.t
foam And then. as her sharp ~.
nose pointed toward the open g,,,
both engines vent full ahead. bs,,,,
the foam into tlmuifuOIs waves -
whistle biared and she wss spay s.s
entecn knots she vent. that iitt. el,,.
per- With hor rows ~ stseI ds,Yie.,
her self-trimming holds. her par-,
rudder. her coilaDsibie lifeboi,i. A.
an the rest of her"
There ia probably more bsag', 1.
the description of railing yespl cav.
ing port With her sails ,sf. N. NJ.
hauling away m deck and tnu,,
chanteys, she would nss. q fns u,
ure. Bot 80 have had ro much u m,
Why can't our sea vr',er- efsmir, ,,H
fabric n stee. and s'ssn ,nd i,, 70.
laiion % men ard ne ssa' sgr,.y
enough beauty aad inicr,',Ing mly.
rial De dormant % make b. worth ghg,
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

II where arc tho knights OF
yesteryear' Brave, noble gal
Z lanis. Don QuiXotes and Sir
~ Galnhads7 Alhs, they are no
more. They have passed into oblivion
a. surely and as irrevocably as souvenir
post cards, two-steps. bicycles and
bustles. Time was when fiction gave
us an exemplary type Of hero-a man
whom We could respect and admire
even II he did at times seem Stoo good
10 be true"
He strove valian,ly through some
thing over three hundred pages to win
fair. pure maiden; 10 be worthy Of
this fair, pure maiden OF his dreams;
10 be honest. upright and good. We
admired him. even though We had
never met him in the flesh. and We
hoped. oh. how We hoped some day
that such one might cross our path
He never did. and We contented our
selves with our book hero. Who would
raise their voice against the heroes
Of George Barr McCutcheon or the
brave knight whose fortunes We fol-
lowed breAthlessly in Charles Majors
Dorothy Vernon OF Haddon Hall?
Didn't We all approve most heartily
Of these men?
Now tho pendulum swings back, oh.
very. very far back. and we have an
other type Of hero. Meet Mr. Dorn-Erik
Dorm. | mean, our 1921 hero Of mod
ern fiction.
II Mr.. Dorm is supposed TO represent,
not a man. but merely a symbol. then
Ben Hech, is 20 be congratulated upon
his book. for most truly does Erik Dorm
symbolic Germany. He rides roughly
over everybody's feelings and emotions,
takes his own way. regardless Of the
other fellow. is absolutely without
heart. without conscience and without
ghost Of an ideal
Even 10 the denouement does Erik
Dorm ring true. does the symbol hold.
For he comes sneaking back 70 his wife
10 be forgiven. and when she very
wisely refuses he weeps and whines In
a truly disgusting. truly Teutonic
manner. There is nothing base, nothing
vile, nothing disgusting. which Ben
Heeht does rot have Erik Dorm do, and
glory in the deed. And Erik, not con-
tent with the baseness in his own life,
hopes always for trouble 10 come gem
orally. for everybody TO be made
wretehed and miserable by such things
as revolutions and discomfort among
the masses.
This. 20 make his life a little more
exciting and interesting. After COM
hitting a cold -blooded. atrooious muir
der he feels slight relief in the fact
that he may. in the event that he be-
comes too bored with life, develop a
guilty conscience, tc make things in
teresting. but this hardly seems pos
sible to TIE reader, considering his past
life.
Yes. there are women in the book.
Rachel. who is obviously insane. and
whom no one can work up a particle OF
sympathy for; Matte. 4 silly little
socialist and Anna. the wife OF Erik
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

THE leading and practically the sole
exponent Of the new school Of sea
fiction is William McFee. He was lit
orally thrust into the maws Of engines
when he was boy. He was brought
IN on steam and grew TO love il. To
the present day he earns his living
serving as chief engineer on United
Fruit liner. He is one OF the first 20
write exclusively OF steamers.
In "Casuals OF the Sea- McFee car
ries the reader around the world on
tho steamship Caryatid. lie let's him
peek down the engine room AZ odd
moments and impresses him with the
mechanics Of that inferno. From the
clean. salt air on deck the reader Is
brought 70 a strange room-strange 20
sea fiction, anyway, with its "intermina-
bic iron ladders which had 10 be ne
rotiated with one hand on the polished
oily rails, the hot, oppressive atmos-
phere, the smell OF oil and steam. the
sound Of water dropping somewhere
far below. the occasional hiss and spit
Of a blowing steampipe, the simmer
Of brass, the half-revealed glory Of
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
Heroes and HerOines: 1921
By Eve Woodburn Leary

Dorm. All Of them love Erik. just why
no ono can understand. but they sue
cumb quite willingly 10 this superman.
Anna. We arc given to understand, re-
covers. divorces her husband and mar
rios again a man possessed Of the vir-
tues which Erik so heartily despises.
These are 1921 heroines.
MEET Miss Trent - Ursula Trent,
w another 1921 heroine. Let mo say
right now. however. that it is an insult
10 Miss Trent to compare her 70 Erik
Dorm.
on. where arc the oldcn. golden days
Of tho sweet. demure girls with down
cast eyes, tho girls who waited for the
man. the one and only man 20 WOO and
win them. who married their hero on
tho last page and lived happily forever
after? What has become Of girls like
Sylvia in Robert " Chambers's Fight
ing Chance" and like those Myrtle
Reed gave US in delightful books all
bound in lavender and gold' They
like tho heroes Of ycstcryear, belonged
to the romantic school and have given
way. perforce, 20 the school Of realism.
To Miss Ursula Trent.
Ursula. who drank and smoked and
swore and defed every tradition,
every convention. with absolute i'm
punity. Ursula, who left her home
and parents. breaking their hearts
quite calmly and indiFcrenily, discard
ing them as though they were the
merest acquaintancos. Ursula. who
has all sorts Of shocking experiences,
only 70 he forgiven By the man who
eventually marries her. Ursula our
ultra modern girl, without idealism,
without reserve. without docency.
Ursula typifes this girl. II you like
our prescn, day aappers you'll like and
understand Ursula.
We'll. there they are. our 1921 ultra
modern hero and heroine. products OF
the school Of realism. But are they
real, after all? Arc men potentially
without conscience. without scruples,
without honor or deeency? Are wcm-
en- without idealism. without virtue,
without kindliness? Is every virtue
every ideal. every spiritual emotion
merely a something 70 cover up
the real man or woman Is the world
actually so degenerate that Erik
Dorm and Ursula Trent are repre-
sentative types, or are they exaggerated
pictures? Not being able 10 look deep
into the hearts OF men and women, !
wonder.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

RFAr-rY AND NICK Ry sir Philip Gibbs
The Devln.Adair Company New YORK,
1921
-HE statement has been made
that every one should read
Beauty and Mex Perhaps
- that is why so few people seem
70 have read 1t. Il is true that
the woman who loves children and the
man who cherishes his home will ap-
preeiate and enjoy this book, but the
story is most Of all for those who have
never ceased 20 believe in fairies, who
can pretend through the worst thunder
storm that the Gods are only having
a rollicking game Of ball. II the beauty
Of inanimate things is not full Of hid
den meaning for you. you will doubt.
less find the story only a little pa
thetic. a little lonely. and very pitiless
indeed in It's picture Of the sordid and
hopeless side Of marriage.
Nick was not responsible for his
mother. but she was 50 exquisite. sne
knew so well tho secret Of charm. and
she had such bewitching moods. that
his beauty-loving soul reached out TO
her and adored her; just as his lively
Imagination put him on the most in
innate and favored terms with Jenny.
the Dog with-one-ear. with the laugh
inr lions on the sideboard in the din
ing room. and with all his other
friends. Even after Beauty had gone
away with the Beast. and her small
son. Nick. learned that ugly word "di-
vofce." he could not forget her.
Presently he and his father left
the city 20 live IN the modest. homely
little cottage by the sea. Here the
older man worked his grief slowly out
and found something more wholesome,
while Nick studied and read and male
new friends. But ho did not forget
He tucked his mother away in one cor
ner OF his heart and wOrshiped her
He never talked about her, but ne
tnshrined her. Thus, although he ac-
sspted mis- fathers kindness and COM
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

~ y SPITE ~ tho TACT that the st'am
boat was invented in i5i3 by a
eranish seaman. Blasco de- Garay,
- scarcely any fiction has been
written about steam on water 20 me
frosent day. when one picks up =
book about the sea one insiinetiyely
oxpocis 10 read about sailing vessels
with their sails full-blown, their SLIM
lovely spnrs and their clipper bows.
Things have come 20 such a pass that
ertists illustrate sca stories with sai.-
ing vessels only. One hagrant example
is d, the current issue ~ the "ten-
tury.7 The poet talks Of night watch
man Who cleans shoes for passengers.
The artis. portrays tho night watch
man in the fo'c'sle Of sailing vessel.
Now. a night watchman is q modern
addition 70 tho modern steamer. He
va. totally unknown and would be a.
totally useless on schooner Yet The
artist. UNFOLDING the ancient tradition,
puts him IN sailing vessel
One eventually becomes 'riae tired
Of reading about sailing ships. u is
tad enough 70 pick up Bul.en. Marrya'
and Dana and road Of such, but when
one reads Masefeld, Hergesheimer'
Hallc,. Jacobs and even Conrad and
socs sailing vessels. and practically
nothing but sailing vessels. gliding
through tho pages with their topsaiis
set il becomes trifie monotonous.
There is no denying that a sailing ship
i8 a lovely sight, Perhaps The life the
seaman led on her was more romantic
and adventurous than the life OF the
present.day seaman. But there is
every bit as much beauty and many
more interesting factors about steam
ship.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

1880 a. n1.-Ihe author stirs wake
fully and pulls bell rope which dan
giles beside his bed. A man servant
enters with cup Of tea. While the
author enjoys this matinal refreshment
the servant busies himself in the ad-
joining bathroom. After few moments
he achieves the requisite temperature
and re-enters the bedroom. carrying
ever one arm a dressing gown Of heavy
purple silk, lowered with designs In a
deeper purple and bound round with a
twisted silken cord which terminates
in luxuriant pendant tassels. In his
other hand he carries slippers Of purple
velvet, barred across the instcp with
golden threads.
s:S0-s:50 q. m-The author ds..es
with the luxurious waters Of the bath
in sunken pool Of black marble,
bordered with an inlsid mosaic Of jade.
s:55 a. m.-The author seats himself
before a breakfast table which has
been wheeled into the bedroom during
his additional absence. On this table,
in addition 20 the essentials Of we'll
bred breakfast, are an electric toaster,
an electric percolator and silver dish,
cunningly carved, which is heaped with
Belgian grapes.
$3.50 a. m.-Breskfast finished, the
author goes into executive session with
his man on the subject Of the morn
ing's ssrtorial piece de resistance;
shirt. hosiery and cravat are included
in the agenda Of the conference.
$3.50 a. MA decision is reached
fsvoring a pearl-eray sack suit, gray
shirt, bearing narrow pastel lines Of
blue; gray socks. blue clocked. and a
cravat Of gray silk lowered with tiny
blue blossoms
1851 a. m.-The author goes into
secret session with himself on the sub
Jet Of sleeve links. His man places
reverentially before him moonstones in
red morocco case, sapphires in black
velvet, cat's-eyes shrined in white silk
within blue leather and numerous other
tempting examples OF sleeve linkage.
The cat's-eyes win.
10 a. m.-The author proceeds TO
his study, ready for the mornings
work. Smoking a succession Of Bogu-
slavasky cigarettes he regretfully de-
clines invitations to seventeen dances,
accepting three; he pleads pressing
engagements 10 the hostesses Of five
country houses, whose cellars arc not
complete, and directs assurances Of
ample leisure to four hostesses, whose
cellars are: he examines casually
thirty.two feminine photographs,
which have accompanied thirty-two
letters expressing admiration in vary
ing degrees Of literacy. and oonsiens
tLir,y-one Of these photographs 20 a
waste receptacle Of hammered brass.
He writes 70 his tailor, admonishng
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
VWcATIQNS '!:!!!!:'.!'!
ly GERALD O'DONONAN

By GERALD O'DON0yAN
Gradually this novel. which =,
believe 10 be the finest We have
ever published. is being reecs'
nized as the great work Of Ft
that il is. Louise Maunsell Fidd
in the Ner York Times, ID. kr'
meth Laub in the Detroit Ners
Ludwig Lcvisohn in The idfi'n
Llewellyn Jones in the Chiege
Erening Post, the Neic i~k
Herald, etc, are unanimous 70
their truly wholchearted pr'is
of its ,igor, dramatic intense,
and artistry.
The Detroit Neies calls tn
fascinating novel. superbly VII
ten a dramatic ni
moving story Of two yo's
girls"
eoNlalvcR!cuI7,.@ !!: ;!:!7,. %
puhlIheG Z NEW noXt
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

Edna St. Vincent Millay in The Lit
erarv Review" pays tribute from one
roet 20 another when she says the
publication Of this volume IS an event
in the life Of every poet and every lover
81 poetry. Il is important IN itseh
as containing some excellent ana 1ls-
tinguished work, and II is impor.
tant because u is the hrst oooK OF
It's author and thus marks the opening
Of vet another door by which beauty
may enter the world. Inc material
from which these poems is made rs not
the usual material They are not ABOUT
love. not about death. not about war,
rot about nature. not about Dod. not
exclusively about Eiinor Wylie. They
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

THERE is beauty in the ships speed
and in her long, sleek, steel hull
There are beauty and fascination in the
,rimness and beat Of the shining
rhythmic rods in the engine room. The
crews are more degenerate and more
mixed. but because Of that more in
teresting.
Yet despite the remarkable develop
mcrt of tho steamship in the last cen-
tury il has been almost totally neg
lected. Perhaps writer's fear that peo-
ple arc too sentimental about sailing
vessels 10 forget them. Tho reading
public has been too painfully taught the
difference between a foretopgal.ant
sail and a flying jib to discard such
knowledge completely.
But a new school Of sea fction will
undoubtedly come W. There are scarce
~ any sailing ships left in the mer-
chant marine Of any country. Those
that arc left have been ampu'ated Of
masts and are used as coal barges. The
younger generation will be forced 70
60 70 sea in steam When new sea
writer's develop, they will have 20 write
Of steam through lack OF knowledge
about sailing vessels But who knowsg
Perhaps they will haunt South street
and Snug Harbor for copy and listen
% tales Of old mariners, who loaih
steamships. Then they will promptly
forget all they have learned Of steam
hips and keep the old clippers sailing
through the pages Of fiction.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
The Library Bulletin
By Mary Frank

scr,, should open thought ord close them should
-,i b soul Ard criticism BE- Thome ana sane
...inirn onr z Whihe
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

W. 6. Braithwaite. in "The Boston
Transcript" says white and Black
is worth a thousand 'Birthrights' and
il seems 10 be the very best novel deal
ing with racial contacts that has come
out of the South. II is first and last
an appealing, fascinating and thrilling
story. As novelist il is the purpose
Of Shands 10 deal with what he knows
and finds impartially, and because Of
this there is very little excuse for pro
test or rage on the part Of the race
AGAINST the author
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
By Ben Ray Redman

There are many readers, and some
critics, who insist upon regarding all
fction productions as autobiographieal'
who seek In every paragraph an admis-
sion, in every page an avowal, in every
novel a confession. These worthy peo-
pie. who confuse matter with spirit and
spirit with matter, must arrive at
strangely ineoherent conceptions Of
their favorite authors. The operation
Of their method Is bound 20 produce
grotesque results, and as an expert
ment have applied this method TO two
authors romantic-realst and real
stie-romantie-in order 70 demon
strate the folly Of autobiographomania.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

RF ATTY AND NICK Ey sir Philip Gibbs
Tire De,ln.Adair Company. New York
1921
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

He statement has been made
that every one should read
Beauty and Nick" Perhaps
that is why so few people seem
20 have read IL. Il is true that
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

Hildegarde Hawthorne writing ~, ~
"The New York Times, says; ~" :.
miss this book; but don't try 70 i'Su !,
aloud 10 any one. You couIum ..,sn uV no
justice. not Us best pai.si is broken
one can speak distinctly ""o 10
up with laughter.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

4rbe Literary Review thinks tina,
A.,i5. ePonroda and The Magnificent
lss,- A.ssor.ors" "Gentle Julia is a
.fs.h,or sister. But IT is sure 20 stano
s,.s.t,b ..s,s,,b tbem in A final appraisal
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

SPITE ~ the fact that the steam. shining steel u
4 boat was invented in i5i5 by dynamo tne iah'
3 r.,i,h canaan. Blasco Dc Garay. draught fan all
U e...o, .a- boon rorec- and fIie
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
An1usernents
Coming Hero New Years.

Blanche Ring and Charles Winuin7
ger. musical comedy stars. here last
season in The Whirl Of the World.
arc coming to tho Academy of Music
on New Years for three nights with
a New Years matinee and Wcdncs-
dag matinee. Their new musical
play is called "As You Were" 1t is
in two acts and ten scenes. and the
stars arc surrounded by group OF
very clever performers. THIS mus,
cal play is a particularly promisinS
entertainments FOR II was butt tor
FUN making purposes solely. 1t ~
a good, clean show. and II you don't
like to laugh in the thcatcr. maybe
you had better not 80 I" sec it.
Blanche Ring sings popular bal
lads better than any other musical
comedy comcdicnnc on tho. stage to-
day. She possesses ono OF thos" "i-
fcrvcscing personalities tina, invite
laughter. Charles Winningcr. co-star
with Miss Ring in this musical com
ody. is a comedian of great artistry.
Everything he does on III" stage is
done In a natural way. without but-
fooncry. IL takes real artist Ia
provoke laughter without r"s"rtinS
to slap stick methods. and Mr.. Win
ningcr is an artist
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
FEAR AUGUSTANS LOST
WITH STEAMER KAISER
IRy Associated Press

AUGUSTA. GA. Dec. 23.-Foars arc
expressed here for tho safety Of Mrs
j. II Brcdcnbcrg aud her l5-ycar-
old daughter, Dorothy. Of this city.
who SAILED from Savannah November
20 on tho steam frcightcr Heinrich
Kaiser. bound FOR Germany
According to information reaching.
friends Of the BredcnbcrSs, ;hc
Heinrich Kaiser. after putting Ia at
Norfolk wirSlcssci to New Yorh
about November 80 for help. bu, lat :
.r notified tho steamer Ossipcc. which
had started 10 her assistance, that
sn" would be able 10 mako IL alone.
since tina; time nothing has been
heard here from the vessel and fear.
ar" expressed that tho Kaiser met
disaster In the Atlantic storm that
has been raging for several DAYS
Mrs BrcacuDcrE was Ell route 10
I,"ipZiE. 'erinany. where She had
pihnncH 10 place her daughter in
school.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
$4,000 FIRE DAMAGE
AT PURCELLNILLE

tSrecial "a The Times -Dispatch.I
FURGELLVlLI.E. VA. Dec. 2o-
Fir" OF an unknown origin Thursda '
cntirc!! destroyed the Office buildings
al {. T.. King, dealer in electrical
supplies. and i. +. popkins. lumber
merchant. These Offices were located
IN IN" heart Of town. and il was only.
ny heroic effort on tho part OF the
men of PurCcilvilie that the lumber
yard and adjacent buildings wcrc
saved Tho fire. which began in tho
rear Of Mr.. Kings office. was no,
discovered until 4. NJ \ heavy
rain prevented tho flames from
Spreading rapidly. Some OF the sun
plies in both Offices were saved Tho
safe In Mr.. ropkins' Office had al
ready been through two fires. and
came through this last in good con-
di,ion.
Tho heat from the Arc broke sew.
cral large plate glass windows in
the store across the street from tn.
burning buildings
The total loss is estimated n, SIS
Goa, which is partly covered with
insurance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
REPORT MUCH "FLU"
IN BRISTOL SECTION

Special To The Times Dispatch
BRISTOL. VA. Dec. 2c.-''Flu." said
hy physicians 10 be much mildcr than
that OF the famous epidemic three
years ago. has again attacked hun
drcds OF victims in Bristol and This
section. Reports reaching here to
day from johnson City say that
there ar" more than 1000 cases th.rc
hav: been recorded.
There il every indication. however.
that tn" disease IS not nearly so fatal
AS u was three and four years ago.
out OF the several hundred cases in
this city there have been but one or
two deaths. a leading physician said
today that IL was simply the old
fashioned grippe under a new name
He admitted that II appeared to be
more widespread than ever was
grippe In it's palmicsc days and said
that this was tho question that puz-
zlcd him.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-30
Historic Allstadt
Farm Changes Hands

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch
WINCHESTER. VA. Dec. 60
The HISTORIC Allstadt farm OF
about min ty-thrcc acres. at ALI
stadts tollgate. near IIalltown.
Jefferson County. on which John
Brown and some OF his followers
conducted operations before the
outbreak OF the war Bctwccn.the
States. has been sold to :. David
Errdy. OF that county. for SS2 -
per acre.
The farm was sold by j. Thomas
Allstaht. who. with his .,hcr. 20
lat" John H. hllstadt. was seized
and taken from his home on
the farm as hostage browns
men. and WAS held In the old
engine house In the drmory yard
at iiarpcrs Ferry. untIi rescued
by United states marines on DC
tober IS. 1859. MIR. Aiis,adt and
his father and other citizens OF
the community, also held as
J stages. werc In the cngin house
during tho siege.