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The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

Ludwig Knaus. Troyon and others
represented in the Corcoran per-
manent collection. Several OF the
palettes are decorated with a
sketch BY the master.
The Washington Handicrafts So
ciety is holding a general eXhibi-
tion at the Art Cepter, llO6 Con-
necticut avenue, where some new
eatiks and ceramics are being
shown. A consignment OF pottery,
by Mr.. Cheney, a New England
artist. is expected. The public IS
invited.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

the eighties. and a number OF them
were personal gifts 70 him from
the paintert themselves. Some OF
the inscriptions are Of much inter-
est. Among the best-known names
may be mentioned Alma -Tadema; /;
two OF L. Bonnat, one OF them the
palette from which he painted
Cardinal Davigeres. G. u. BrouEh-
ton, :wo Of whose popular pictures
are In the Corcoran, and whose
palette is inscribed as having be-
longed originally TO A. l. Egg. r..
A; Bouguereau. Jules Breton.
Corot, Dagnan-Bouveret, Delacroix.
Detaille. Fantin-Latour. Geronft
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Good in True Stage Story
Overbalances Flaws Found
6es Authors Word Mastery and Style
,Complexity- Other Books.

THE FAIR REWARDS" by Thomas Beer "a. A. KnopD
Almost everyone enjoys being let into the inside OF theatrical lie
there nothing the book
ve this first novel of Thomas Beers would have wide appeal is
John Robert Edmond
Charles Frohman production of The Prisoner Zenda the
OF contemporaries John Barrymore and Robert Edmond Jones'
such real characters Frohman Anna Held Clyde Fitch and
Arthur Hopkins walk through Furthermore honestly stripped Of
most OF the oderol that surrounds the
thus emeTg true tale OF the teater supposed to be-
But there good deal be for the book than this
There be faults its construction Mark the seni-
nenast, farm boy who and later develops
then
background while investigate Gurdy
Margot, although the Marks
ncay his The book also slow beginning, with very
plot apparently the but deal of atmosphere which
inc Characterization nearly swampd and until the last
third OF the the devoted Mgot that
incidents which that something is about happen which
well worth hing
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continually seek to demonstrate tC
the Orient section of our country
that age alone doesn't imply su-
periority are at work in this fielo
also.
Comes now Ashley Pettis. pianist
OF sunny California. who recently
made his New York debut and
maintains in Musical America that
criticism OF his art occupies a more
important and serious place in jour.
nails of the Far West.
"As is natural" he points out
the musical critics of the West are
less hampered by space limitations
than those here. and hence criticism
is able to pass out of the class OF
mere pe.functory reviews. Then. Of
course, the critics of the Far West.
and more definitely of California,
since that is the State l know best
have far less to cover than the
critics OF this city, who are so over
burdened by innumerable events.
Reviews Unique in Quality.
in San Francisco such men as
Redfern Mason and Fay c. Brown
have brought into thei: work a
unique and fresh literary quality
as well as remarkable musical cru
dition. BESIDES its effect on the
readers, this criticism has been OF
much assistance to artists, by its
constructive quality. ] do not mean
that these men always agree with
the artist. On the contrary they
often disagree with him: but they
arc able to appreciate his point Of
view. This I think is the criterion
of good criticiSm-the ability to
understand the viewpoint of an
artist, even If one does not sanction
or approve of 1t. Every sincere
artist who has attained the point
where he believes himself fit for an
addition has. il seems, reasonable
demand for consideration, and the
truly inspired critic Is he who can
understand the players idea, and IL
he believes IL wrong. demonstrate
to him constructively how he should
alter it.
1T would be a splendid thing il
every critic before undertaking his
career had to undergo the baptism
of a performance in public. Moth.
ing would bette- illustrate to him
the position Of the artist in attempt
ing to get his idea across to the
public.
This serious attitude towaro
music is seen not only among the
critics but also the public OF the
Far West. In California there is a
very intricate musical life. not only
In the large cities but in the small
er ones. In each of the many towns
in California, towns of which one
does not even hear in the East.
there are finely organized musical
clubs, which are attempting to give
the best in music. And that the
public there is responding is seen
by the fact that an artist is able to
play before audiences of 1000 or
more. The stimulation is tremcnd-
Gus, for an artist really requires the
inspiration of an enthusiastic and
sympathetic audience to give of his
best.
Came East to Advance.
TT is only natural however that
the pianist should feel impelled to
come East. to get the urge as IL
were. Out West I was constantly
busy with teaching and the horror
of remaining static in my art ]
believe this to be one of the great
essentials of art-the, constant de-
sire for progress. To be certain
that his artistic tenets are sincere.
an artist musf crystalline them by
contact with 6ose Of others. Ihope
that throughout my artistic work
will always have time for study and
for nroCress
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
MEAN PEACE COIN ON!
By CHARLES M. o'NEILL

w " ] " sa "s ,soS S s Ia fss ssS so ss
Mel-a-addin' column!
Me!-that mamseles have loved
Me!aaddin column of figures remember their
Me!tha amt typewriter twenty
Me!-thats dreamer, practical
Ro But n Gnf d to r6 ss the e e"dy m . b1 h a"
am be- mUf ~a iG op qgh The at wu song Of b.
%S sS ;Sf "''S'"' u"
An Peace gon' on
4; +; 7: r: Ss5sn' ;s16 ,!! column
An An. statesmen an bookksepe an stenogs hurryn
An, our antiguns emblazonn the skies
An r,I O. Mas e. who always shrugged her shoulders
Am % who d n: it 60 he
S z@ e: t5 s;s5;"sP sR sssn ao column
With Wit TT roieys Iy: =; 5atsln pin,. by,
An me- S: an the rest what Ysns thnn o Jerry helmets
An then pass to Paree
An now me- thinkin' on addn column
An Peace goin on
Me- a found God 5 e rss n IN %e y SIa for WATERS
An remembern nvin' like madman Maggie who's thowd
Ms, who thought aseross over my head
But tracing Mares features in sVla sums that blur
Ne! an9win Gs I'll movie tonight for exsemen
A. A. %srit: n Es'1S r.. onss,sE. w;5sH
Me: a-muImurn prayer for Marie. /.
as'%a :PPPa that laundry ss%G my hi dumb
6ss,me 6Sss ae . aundg %,dfgn guys are all sure dizzy
s. s: S? sis% Frsnss, ; N.Y. 7. e. s dc Vic :,
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was always ured
out and had no
ambition, wasner-
|vous and dizzy
and every thing
seemed to worry
me and / had aw-
full pains in my
right side. / felt
badly about four
years and could
not do my work as
lit should have
lbeen done / saw
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

Prehistoric potters of that
section of Mexico now known
as the Casas Grandes Great
Housesl developed wonderful
skill and showed advanced art
in the designinE and firing of
pottery, many specimens Of
which are now on view I'm the
National Museum The exam
pies above show how far SYM
metrical decoration and con-
ventionalIxing of form had pro-
Eressed,
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
THE UNCOLLECTED POETRY
AND PROSE Or WALT WHIT
MANI edited by Emory HoIIo-
u-ny (Doubleday PAGE and

"NN CUT VI TN TsIIIVI TIVITV-
way. Doubleday. Page and
SoD
These volumes are of great value
to collectors and students of Whit
man. for in them Professor Hollo-
way has collected such important ma
teriai as Whitman's work in the New
Orleans Crescent. the Brooklyn Eagle
and other papers. several manuscripts
from private collections. the material
the poet willed to Thomas Il. Harmed
as his literary executor The mass
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
PIANIST PRAISES
FAR WEST CRITIC
Coast Reviewer Possesses
Literary Style and Sym
pathy for Art.

We had cherished the idea that
at least in the realm of music ana
art the Eastern critic had a bit the
better of his confrere of the West.
erp Coast. But the forces which
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
New Exhibition to Open.

ters" will form a unique loan ex-
hibition, to open at the Corcoran
Gallery next week. This collection,
made by the late George A. Lucas,
comes here from the Maryland In
stitute of Baltimore, which owns
the Lucas collection.
Nearly seventy-fve of these pal
cites were gathered by Mr.. LucGs
during a long residence in Paris, in
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
NEW VIRTUES FOUND
IN THIS NEW ASPIRIN

Few people really understand
the nature OF aspirin. Ut has most
wonderful pain defeating powers,
as every medical man acknowl-
edges. II does however, when
taken alone, often cause disturb
ancs OF digestion.
Now Is given to the world q
perfected aspirin. with added
beneficial qualities heretofore un-
obtainable In q single medicine.
A mild digestant has been added.
This In no way interferes with the
pain in-defeatinE powers Of the as
pirin. II leaves the sslicylic acid
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
Oberh.rdt Heads on View.


The "Oberhardt heads" in the
center of the lobby. second floor. al
the Corcoran, are also having their
share of attention, and are much
praised for qualities of life and
character with great simplicity
and directness Of expression. Nj
Oberhardt is a master of line. The
subjects, too. are Of special inter
est. representing among others sew.
cral important American artists
Pennell. Douglas Nolk, Blashfield
Cass Gilbert
In my Portraits" says william
oberhardt. In regard the eyes as
determining their success. as they
cre the windows through which we
see the sitter's mentality. The eyes
register the emotions"
1t is in the delineattou Of the
older men. perhaps, that Mr.. Obcr.
hardt has been most successful
Miss Helen Wright tells US in a
recent Art and Archaeology" -
painter in several mediums, he has
made charcoal most effective in
these portrait sketches, executed
often in a half-hour, or at mos;
one hour.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
ALWAYS TIRED
NO AMBITION
Nervous and Dizzy, Every
thing Seemed toWorry Me.
How | Got Well -,

Larwill, Indiana.-'My back was
80 bad ] could not do my washing. /
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
ANTHOLOGY or MAGAZINl
VERSE FOR 1871, by willial

Stanley Braithwaite. (Small,
Maynard and Company.
This anthology does for magazine
verse much the same thing that
O'Brien's Yearbook of the Short
Story does for fiction. although Mr..
Braithwaite awards no triple stars
or other insignia of merit. His clas-
sihcation is simply alphabetical and
MS selection covers so wide a field
as as to be almost bewildering. In
fact the variety and numbers of the
selections may in themselves be a
surprise TO many persons who in
sist that We are not a nation of
poets. There is. of course, plenty
OF room for disagreement with the
editors choice and for annoyance,
because some favorite poem is omit
ted. But for the most part the VOL
ume Is indicative of the way our
poets are going. and aside from its
value as record, will provide for
poetry lovers chance to read many
verses which they might otherwise
miss. 1t may be confusing to turn
the page from William Alexander
Percy's lyrics and find Lola Ridges
free verse, or to move on a single
page from H. D. to Olive Tilford
Dargan, but after all, it is all Amer
lean poetry, and while there ap
pears to be a preponderance of the
conservative in the volume, il GER
tainly does recognize all schools
and tendencies.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

n material presented will be dis
couraging to the casual reader. yet
even mere dipping into the books,
here and there. unearths much that
is OF interest. and for real Whitman
students there is here food for long
thought.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

For all this. there Is an underly-
ing verify in the tale which re-
moves 1t from the superficiality into
which II might easily fall. Mr..
Beer had'a real idea and he has de-
Veloped it-in his own somewhat
unconventional way And anyone
who has read his Saturday Evening
Post stories knows that he often
does this. That il. he has an idea,
and usually a good one, but he de-
liberately masks il so that you do
not get a clue until the very end.
when frequently you feel it neces-
sary to go back and read it all
again. to discover the hidden
threads. One reason for this effect
is. we believe, his quite remark
able style. He writes some OF the
smoothest, easiest English ;lat we
have read in a long time. and II is
not hard to be carried along on
the sheer momentum of the words,
without actually catching his i'm
pile ations- Add to this his dislik e
for the detailed. Sinclair Lewis style
of realism, and you understand why
h" appears to be unnecessarily hid.
ing hts point. But IL may be a
Sood fault. and certainly he pro-
duces exceptionally pleasant read
ing. The Fair Rewards" is not
a great book, but It is far above
the ordinary run of fiction and
ought to be read by everyone who
enjoys a delicate handling of the
English language. as well as all
these aforementioned persons who
deyour stories Of the theater.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

scapes and marines. in a bold free
style. The artist. whose studio is
in the Fenway. Boston. was born
in Cambridge, Mass, in 1863. He
has had a highly successful art
career, though he did not study
abroad. He was a pupil of the Art
Students League in New York, and
has received numerous medals and
other prize awards. The present
exhibition is to continue during the
month.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
.sTHE ANswER,- by Grant c

ton. CHarcourt, Brace and Coz
Our immediate reaction to THE
Answerer." was an excursion into
our volumes of Whitman. and this
is probably what the author in
tended. For he has written the
story obviously to quicken interest
in the poet. and perhaps to explain
him to some of the people who have
misunderstood him. The story be-
gins with whitman's Long Island.
school teacher days. carries him to
New Orleans and through his mys-
terious love affair there, and fnal-
" into the civil war and his con-
nection with Lincoln. Mr.. Overton
admits that he has taken liberties
with certain facts. but says. My
aim is to communicate feeling; my
material is partly history. my
method is fiction. have hoped, as
the fused result. to achieve essen
tiaI truth" 1t may be that there
is too much insistence on feeling
in the book Certainly many events
are obviously sublimated. and we
are conscious that everything is
colored by a desire to achieve an
atmosphere of beauty and high
emotion. Yet the very part of the
book in which there is the most
feeling. is the most effective. that
is. the civil war period. when Whit
man was working in army camps
and hospitals and had his memoir
able contacts with Lincoln. The
picture of two strong rnen coming
together is admirably drawn. and
nIuminates Lincoln for us as well
W1,F nrf9 of
the book that are slOw-mOying, and
there are parts too thick with senti-
ment. yet the whole effect is very
near to what the author desired.
and II will open for many readers
vistas that reach back into Amer
Ican tradition and character.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

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Many who heretofore feared 20
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TT looks like a best-seller to me
Sincerely, Mencken." is the reac-
ton of one of our most rambunc-
tiously outspoken and least strok-
able Gas well as most discriminat-
ing) critics to Harry Hervey's Car
avans by Night" the Century COM
pany reports.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

(WMh apologies John Palmer
A y y Verse
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
PROCEED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL

When there is such a great difference of opinion as to
whether or not the city can issue bonds for the erection of
a new school building regardless of the debt limit, it would
seem that the only thing to do is to accept some one opin-
ion as authoritative and proceed accordingly until the courts
or some other authority greater than the city calls a halt.
1t is doubtful if very much progress could be made without
something definite being learned.
Bond houses, for instance, have their legal advisers
who are experts in such matters. Once the bonds were put
on the market it could soon be determined whether they were
legal or not from the way the bond houses bid on them. If
they were considered not legal there would be no bids. The
bond houses would not touch them. If, on the other hand.
they are considered legal they will be eagerly bought. OF
course there is always an element of chance in such deals
until the court of last resort has rendered a definite deci-
sion on the matter, but one of the surest ways to get such a
decision is to start something.
As the matter stands now, City Attorney Godberger
has informed the Board of Aldermen that they may proceed
He presents a very good argument to sustain his opinion. Why
not accept the city attorneys opinion then, and proceed &C
cordingly? If progress is stopped later on the city can be
no worse off than it is today without the school. On the
other hand, if there is no hindrance as the project moves
forward step by step the new school will soon be a reality.
That the school is badly needed is evident. The crowded
condition of the existing buildings is not only a hind
rance in teaching the children, but it is q detrimental to their
health. In one building a class is meeting daily in a base
ment room that was never intended for such use and the
parents of the children that are using that room would be
Justified in protesting vigorously to the school authorities.
The only solution to the school problem in Perth Am
boy is the erection of a new building in Hall avenue. If we
wait for the city debt to be reduced and desire to make other
improvements in the meantime, many of the children now in
school will be men and women before the new building is
erected. The way to get the work started is to start. The
city attorneys opinion would seem to be sufficient to make
the necessary beginning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
MANS RIVAL

A shipment Of iron telegraph poles goes to South Africa.
Wood is abundant and cheaper, but it would be quickly de-
stroyed by the powerful jaws of the terrible White Ants.
In Ceylon Black Army Ants march on the warpath. A
scientist counts them, finds 100000 soldiers in one army,
marching in companies, about 20 abreast, with officers run
ming up and down the line and keeping order.
Let a horse or man break a leg and fall in the path OF the
Army Ants, and in a few hours only a skeleton is left.
These and other marvels of the insect world are described
in Professor j. Arthur Thomson's fascinating "Outline OF
Science - a fourvolume education without a headache.
Thomson tells about the Burying Beetles. When a corpse
is to be buried, one of these insect grave-diggers rounds up
a squad of helpers instead of tackling the job alone.
Among locusts the wingless young form a living bridge
over a stream until their brothers and sisters cross overhead.
They change places, relieving the bridges when fahgued, so
that few drown.
Certain bees remain in the hive as housekeepers, receive
honey as workers bring it in, then store it in the comb-cells.
Other bees do their share by standing patiently, tanning the
air with their wings to ventilate the hive. !.
ALL these manifestations of mutual aid" or the social
instinct have the rudiments Of definite civilizations.
While insects work by instinct and man by intelligence
the two methods are s~trikingly similar. Man calls 1t instinct
largely because it does not please his vanity to credit any
creature except himself with intelligence.
If the insects are intelligent and can communicate with
each other, no doubt they have observed the civilization Of
man and contemptuously referred TO it as instinct"
We are important on earth, that's true, But we are only
a part of a far more important system of nature. Each thing
that lives must exist with a definite purpose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
ALLIED AIR FLEETS

Airplane preparedness in this country is scarcely worth
the name when compared with such preparedness abroad.
An officer in the national air service states that the United
States now has 500 planes in service, none in reserve and
800 under construction.
Figures for some of the allies are amazingly different
France has 1000 planes in service, 1000 in reserve and
plans to build 1000 this year. England has 800 in service,
1900 in reserve and 1000 under construction. Japan has
only recently created an aeronautical division, but by the
end of the current year she expects to have 4 900 planes.
Italy is building 600.
One cannot help wondering whether there really is need
for such extensive air defense programs or wisdom in in
creasing international competition. A war waged from the
air would be quite as destructive and terrible as any other.
In the end, perhaps, these great air fleets will be found
available for commercial and passenger service and the
rivalry in construction will all be friendly rivalry.
Scientists have measured the heat of three big stars.
Now if they can only find some way to get it to us we should
worry about coal.
IS So.
So much has Europe come to rely upon the United
States for important services that we wouldn't be surprised
any day now TO hear that an arrangement was being made
whereby this country would do Germany and the Allies the
courtesy of paying that German indemnity.