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In Duhamel's attitude there is little that
is mystic; still less that smacks of science:
and only a little more that is humanistic
He does not see in man the chosen vessel
sheltering a hidden power; he does not
study him in order TO add to the sum of
human knowledge; nor yet is he impressed
with the eminent dignity Of man and the
splendor of his abilities and nature. Du-
hamel is more subjective than this He is
not so much an admirer as an enthusiast;
he is more fervent than discriminating. He
is one who possesses warmth of heart. and
believes in it, Les Plaisirs ct les Jeux'
If translated into English might very prop
erly, as / have already suggested be pub
lished under the title: THE Lover of the
Child. His Book" 1t is the work of one
who delights in children. who enjoys watch
ing them who revels IN their invasion of
his life, and who finds no subterfuges
necessary 10 make them interesting: he
will build no striking stories as a vehicle
for his observations. Even where the chill
dren are not directly concerned their in
fluence is everywhere felt. "Durtain. point
ing out his wife says to me with a smile:
We are related. my wife and I-related
through our children He is right and
quote his remark to Blanche evidently
the speakers wife): She thinks a moment
then comments: To be relatives is some
thing. But it is not bad to be friends in
addition"
Duhamers warmth of heart is a magic
light picking out and making attractive
ordinarily escapes any but mothers eye.
He lives so close TO the ground that he
perceives a thousand tiny things which we
giants do not see: small stones crumbs of
bread. bits of thread. straws. He
goes here and there. like a hen; stops, bobs
forward. seizes delicately with his chubby
little fingers. this microscopic prey-and
swallows it. He puts down on the ground
whatever ne has in his hands: the earth is
his natural table. The little man
does not need the gymnastic artifces (of
grown ups to reach the earth). The earth
is close at hand lie touches it in friendly
manner by a mere inclination of his back
with his fat legs held straight He falls
forward on all fours with graceful ease
like young bear when the trainer permits
II 10 resume its normal position"
Many times Duhamel's feeling enables
him to go further. Not only does II permit
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dren-
~ ONE time ago l had occasion in these
columns to remark upon the rich
ness Of contemporary France in
child literature. France is the country which
a century before Grimm collected the fairy
tales which are most appreciated to-day:
Puss in Boots, Hop o. My Thumb, Gin
derella. France, too, is the country of
Mother Goose. 1t is also the country that
is richest in children's songs-those songs
the tunes Of which have been borrowed by
the public schools of our own country to-
day. II is perhaps natural therefore, that
we should find in this same country which
has supplied the child with so much pleas
ure the most remarkable blossOming Of
works having as their subject the study of
the child
France has produced in the last thirty
or forty years remarkable variety Of
such writings. The child is studied from
dozen different angles one author sees
in the child creature Of imagination and
sentiment (the child of Anatole Frances
Petit Pierre" for instance) Another au-
thor, such as Charles Louis Philippe. de-
picts with much tenderness the child's
need of sympathy and affection. A third
Lichtenberger. uses childs ingenious in
tegrity as a foil for the grimaces OF the
artificial society of his elders fourth,
like Pierre Mile, takes pleasure in setting
the child up as different being from the
man: he stresses the differences and com
ments on the similarites between them.
Still a fifth regards the child not at all as
the young OF man but in and for himself
being full of impulses which il is entirely
foreign TO his purpose to consider in their
relations TO society as pleasant or unpleas-
ant as virtues or vices.
Les Plaisirs ct les Jeux" studies the
child from yet different angle. The
solicitude, the smiling self surrender. the
simple sympathy Of the decalogue quoted
above. are typical OF Duhamel as his pre-
ceding works have revealed him TO US.
They were 70 be expected from the author
Of La Possession du Monde" As early as
1912 we find in one Of his essays on poetry
the idea that the most constant. unfailing
interest for man is man and nature. or
rather man in nature. IL is this same
idea which had already appeared in n
somewhat disconcerting volume of verse
entitled "Compagnons." in which the
author shows himself willing to abandon
other interests for a share in the feelings
and thoughts Of his fellow men II is the
same idea. or better. the same peculiar
human sympathy which. simply and so
unostentatiousy. creates the charm of
those two volumes OF war stories which
first made Duhamel known to the general
public, La Vie des Martyrs" and 'Civilisa-
ton" la Possession du Monde" put the
authors temperamental characteristics into
tangible form. In this volume Of essays
Ito be read in the original and not in the
inadequate English translation) Duhamel
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Any Of the books mentioned above
can he obtained from all book
stores or direct from publishers,
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R
By James Branch CabeH

\ new edition Of this famous satire which the
majority Of critics unite in calling one Of the
greatest books of our generation Printed
without textual changes from the original
plates and uniform with Mr. Cabell's other
books. 5th printing 81 80 net
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

must admit the claims of Judge
Wendell P. Stafford Of Washing
ton and St. John, bury, who is
thought by many critics to have
rather more than touch of the
divine afflatus. Certainly his verse
is often pitched in heroic vein, his
craftsmanship is good and there is
a sweep and upward lift to his
poems that challenge admiration
and approval.
1t would perhaps be difficult to
get a full popular expression in re-
gard to the laureateship, but there
are enough candidates, and if they
are to be known by their works,
then LETT them go to writing and
let the the people judge.-Rutland
Herald
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
st. JOhnsbury Center

The ladies benevolent society of
the Methodist church of Concord
will give a three-act comedy play,
deacon Dubb." at Wide Awake
GRANGE Hall, st. Johnsbury Cen
ter, November 22nd.
Death has again entered the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hall,
and taken their infant daughter,
Marjorie Ella. She was born Dec
II, 1921 and passed away Novem-
hcr II, 1929. About four weeks
ago she was taken i'll with bron-
chitis from which she had not fully
recovered when stricken with bron-
chial pneumonia last Tuesday.
Evel ything that love and medical
aid could do was done for her but
to no avail and her little life
went out Friday afternoon at 5
o clock. The sympathy of the en-
tire community is extended the be-
rcayed parents. this being the sec
ond time they have had to part
with an only child. April %, 1919
they laid away their infant son,
Irving Walter, who was little
more than one year old.
Funeral services were held at
the home Sunday afternoon, Rev.
NJ. G. Topper officiating with
burial in the family lot in Mt.
Pleasant cemetery. Those called
fl ON away were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
BIainard of Iyndonville, Mrs. A.
L. Brainard of Newport, Mrs, Car
RE Hughes, Mrs. Arthur Piper,
Mrs. Harry Skinner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hall and Harry Dean of
ST. Johnsbury
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

Snow flakes were not the only
suggestion Of winter Tuesday
morning. Express teams were de
livering sleds and toDagganS to 81.
Johnsbury merchants, prelude to
the winter sports.
George Owen of Lowelltown,
Me, visited at the home of MI
and Mrs E. F. Moifatt Of Lafay-
cite street, Mondey. Mr.. Owen is
ID brother of Mrs. Moffatt
Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Weeks,
and Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ Lang
reached home Monday from the
national convention Of the Order
o. Eastern Star in Washington, u.
c. They returned with the dele
cation from Woodstock, Windsor
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

The colored lady that washes
! the clothes every Monday morning
wen She comes, dident come last
Munday, like she often don't, and
ma raped all the laundry in a
sheet saying, | don't intend to be a
Slave to eny laundress, colored or
eny other color
Meening | had to take the laun-
dry GROUND to the laundry, and
| sed, Aw G, ma, | don't wunt to
carry that big thing out on the
street, look wat it looks like.
1t looks like laundry and that's
wat it is, ma sed. Meening there
wasent eny use argewing, and !
started to quick carry it Ground,
hoping | wouldent meet anybody
and espeshilly Mary Watkins. And
as soon as | got erorund the cor
ner who was the ferst persin en-
round there but Mary Watkins
wawking rite at me, and | thawt,
Holey smoaks, wat the heck, darn
it.
And | tried to think of some
way Of hiding the laundry without
thinking of eny on account of it
being so big it would of took a
laundry Vaughn to hide it in, and |
quick started to think up good
iXcuse, saying, Hello Mary,
guess you never thawt you'd see
me carrying big hunk OF laun-
dry like this out in the street, did
you.
O don't kno,r~, never thawt
you was eny betier than enybody
elts, sed Mary Watkins. Being a
heck of a anser, and | sed, O GER
teny, of corse not, ony Ill tell you
how | happen to be carrying this.
Its a CRATE joak. Wait till you
heer it, you'll laf, | Sed. You see,
| made bet with my mother, SO
we made bet, and we bet, and
she won, so | lost, | sed.
Watts the diffrents, my feet's
getting cold, Mary Watkins sed.
And she kepp on going without
waiting to heer the rest. Proberly
being a good thing on account of
me not knowing ixackly wat the
rest was, thinking O well, she did
ent seem to think it looked funny,
wat the heck
And | put it on top of my he'd |
and kepp on carrying it that way
as if | was proud of it, and every
body went by laffing as if they
thaWt | was CRATE, making me I
think so too.
Proving if you don't start to
make Excuses NOBODY proberly |
wont iXpect you to.
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Children's Book Week
at Athenaeum
Continued from page y


special displays of books for
young people and offer suggestions
to parents and others in the selec-
tor of books as gifts for the
child's own library.
st. Johnsbury's Children's Book
Week is set somewhat later than
elsewhere in the country because
OF the opportunity of having Miss
Bancroft here. She is going
through New England with a list
of 100 selected volumes and is sent
out by a well-known bookshop. She
is not selling books, is simply adj
viSing as to the selection of the
best reading for children and the
books can be obtained through the
regular local dealers.
Miss Bancroft was one of the
speakers at the state library meet
inE in Brattleboro and greatly in
terested the library workers in her
pr opposed trip through New Eng
land. She will be in the art gal
lely at the Athenaeum and will be
GLAD to talk over the matter of
cbildren's reading with any one in
tereSted.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
Poet IaureateS

The st. Johnsbury Caledonian
says: In very happy presenta-
ton of the poet Robert Frost to
the Woman's club of Rutland re-
Gently Editor Hindley of The Rut-
land Herald said that we had poet
laureates in everything. The St.
JohnSbury Caledonian, the speaker
said, had its Myrtle Aldrich, the
Springfield Reporters, it, Georgia
White, the Burlington Free Press
and Burlington News its Dan
Cady, the Rutland Herald its Eva
Ames and the Manchester Journal
its Robert Frost.
A list of local laureates would
not be complete without mention
ing Arthur Goodenough of West
Brattleboro, who shares very de-
cent verse between the Reformer
and The Herald, L. F. tombstone
of North Orwell, whose Satire
verse is sometimes TOO tart for
print, and T. L. Drury of St. Al
bans. former member of The
Herald staff now pastor of the
Universalist church in the Railroad
City.
Although not 80 much in the
newspaper eye, Arthur w. Hewitt
of Plainfeld has also produced
some good verse and John W. Cor
don of Barre has pleased a num-
her of plain folks with his rhymes
of the granite fields. There are
may others:
When we come to serious CON
liberation of Vermont lauc9tc
'ovcvor. al lovers of classic verse
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

(porrit was with him a large
part of the time.
Once during this time Lorenzo
Woodhouse came into the room
when she was there and did not
lool, at her or speak to her, she
saia. After that she used to make
a point to be out of the room when
Douglas father called, she testl-
fed.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
Get Together Suggested

The suggestion of the Morris
vile Messenger that Senator-elect
Greene and the Vermont farmers
get together for a conference, fol-
lowing some disagreement on the
matter of a duty on potash is
good one. Mr. Greene is slated to
represent Vermont in the Senate
for the next six JearS at least,
and the best interests of Vermont
and the nation would be served by
having the closest understanding
between the people of Vermont,
regardless of occupation, and our
representative in Congress. 1t
would be unwisc TO have Mr..
Greene start his senatorial career
under any misunderstanding of
pulpoSe.-Barre Times.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
CARD OF THANKS

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy and son and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harding and family
wish in this way TO thank the
friends and ncighborS for the beau
tiful flowers and the words of sym
pathy and help that was extended
to Us at the death of our dear
mothcr aud Grandmother.
BAT Earncl. VI, Nov. 70.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
TO THE AMERICAN ARMY NURSE

Oh you who will not do the things Of man,
But stand part and scornfully you scan
His mad career throughout the storm of life
His waste of health for gain, his bloody strife
Upon the field of battle-tl he falls
And lying broken, bleeding there, he calls,
And then you come, and minister with care
And face such things as men will never dare
Whether it be you watch the whole night through
At deaths wide door, that's blocked by only you
Whether it be you risk your own young SELF
Mid pestilence AMI plague, to save some pelf
Wrecked by its own fool pilfeling, still you work
With tenderness and cheer-you never shrk
But laboring in love you toll to men
The things that lecklesSly can spend.
Yours is a Battle Royal--no fight
To waste or crush-but just to make things right.
Your givingis far more than heroes give
Your giving is that someone else may live.
This Almistce day tribute to the American Army nurse
IS written by Val Genge, of Mrs Fannie Genge OF st
hnsbury formerly of f. II. 80, 9Th Division, l. S. A.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
CURRENT COMMENT
Mr.. Grout Comes of Speakership
Stock

Having safely emerged from the
perils of election, Aaron H. Grout
of Newport announces himself as
candidate for speaker of the
house in the current issue of the
Express and Standard. Mr.. Grout
comes of speakership stock and
will come to Montpelier with d
very important following from
the northeastern counties-Rut-
land Herald.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

Thanksgiving Side Dishes --
To most of us a Thanksgiving
dinner means turkey, cranberry
sauce, pumpkin pies, pudding and
other fiXings but the menu of d
Syrian Thanksgiving dinner to be
served at the church of all nations
in Boston has few variations
which will be lelished, such as
shourabah, kous" muhshi, fjjel
and celary, khubz, ghriebeh and
rahah, also cahwch.-Brattleboro
Refolmer.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

Again he wrote, CAS- soon as |
gcc a commission, all our dreams
will come true. You save your
strength for something more i'm
pCrtant than fussing"
A. evidence of the little loving
ways" of Dorl.it and Douglas, he
whites her in anticipation Of trip
10 Burlington on leave from Col
lcge Park, Maryland: "Dottie,
Dear heart, you surely have been
writing me awfully sweet letters
this week. Please have the car
all fixed up and we will run the
wheels off it.
Asked what work she had pre-
pared herself for besides music,
She said that she thought she was
fully competent to take care of a
home.
ADO you know how to COOKE
asked Atty Austin.
81 do"
Referring to the time that
Douglas was in the hospital at
Long Branch, N. j., sick with ty-
phoid fever, within three months
after their marriage, the witness
said that she helped take care of
him there before nurses were secur-
ed, that after nurse came, she
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

PASSUMPSIC LODGE. NO. 27.
Regular communication Thurs
day evening Dec. Z at 1870 for dis
patch of business.
Called communication Thursday
evening, November %. Work NJ.
Nj. degree. Lunch will be served.
Visiting brethren welcome.
Renwick H. Cutting, w. NJ.
Fred H. Dolloff, Secretary.
HASWELL CHAPTER, NO. II,
R. A. M.
Haswell Chapter, No. II, r. A. M.
Stated convocaton 100 p. m,
December Sth, 1922. Business.
Called Convocation 7.30 p. m,
Wednesday, Nov. %. Work r. \.
degree.
Z s Watormsn, L. II. ?.
r, \. Pearl. Srcrclary
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21
The American Idea

1t is pretty hard to pick out any
one idea that is the central thought
of American life. Perhaps the con-
vction that in the long run the
people can be trusted to manage
their own affairs, and that the evils
of democracy will cme themselves
in time, j. our most characteristic
thought. Such a faith enables
people to accept election results
that they may not like, with con-
tidence and a feeling that our pco-
pie will not 20 far wrong.
The people sometimes make mis-
takes, but they do not 90 very far
on any wrong road. If the men
they put in power do not make
good, they are quickly put out Of
office
In other countries things are diff
ferent. In Russia the soviet gov
eminent has not made good, but no
way of getting it out of power can
be seen. since it controls the army
and holds office by main force.
But our people checlfully accept
the principle of majority rule, con-
fident that if the majority makes
an error, it will see the bad results
thereof and reverse it, decision.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

All that has been heard from
some of our orators since election
is their very eloquent silence.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-21

Before trying to beat out the To-
comotivc at the CROSSINGS, the
haSty motori>t should express hi,
last wishes for the funeral ar
rangCmcnt>
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Read WOOdhOuse
Letters In Court

Continued from Page One
he wrote. Settlement work is for
unsttractive females"
The plaintiff testified later that,
a. . result of the argument of
Douglas, she finally gave up settle
mont work and returned to Bur
lington.
Hits at Wild Gang
In one letter, Douglas referred
to difficulties, which had apparent
ly developed in his love affairs. He
be eyed Dorrit to forget all this
unhappiness and misery" and asked
if they could not get back where
they We're before. He said he
wanted to talk things over with
her and asked her not to believe
vicious remarks of idle invention"
which had evidently come to her
regarding family objections"
"lf YOU do not care what people
say, then why get so excited
about it, y the letter went on. "Why
do you get so mad at me for
vicious sayings of other people,"
Several times he complains that
nDI1it is writing him cross letters,
and pleads with her to stop doing
it. There is war enough now
without you and | having a war
OF our own" he wrote.
He was apparently worried
about Dorritt's relations with par
ties at Fort Ethan Allen, for at
one time he wrote. "Don't go play
ing around the fort, for it stirs me
al up" And later he wrote:
"bon't get mixed up with that wild
gang out at the post. | do not
like their looks. You have ell you
can do looking after your soldier"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-15

of Norway and the establishment of
It Dictatorship on the RUSSIAN model
lts leaders nave constant and close
relations with Moscow
The Communists last fan secured
80 seats IN the Stouhng or national
parliament The Storthmg has $50
members, and no party has control.
lUo strongest faction, the Couserva-
tNrs have 90 seats aud the Radical
Party of Premier Blchr 81 seats.
Next comes the Communists.
The recent efforts to secure nation.
.ul prohibition in Norway aroused op.
position in spain ana Portugal pro.
ducors at wine, who in retaliation re.
FUSED to buy Norwegian fish. This
partly ruined one of the principal in.
dosrirs in Norway, and resulted in
financial striugoncy with consequent
unrest.
The Radical and Conservative Par.
ties proposed a combination but split
ON this question Of national prohibit.
tlon Seeking another combination
the Radicals came together with the
Communists and the latter agreed to
Iorcgo their opposition to a propos-
ed leader ia the Storthmg, O. Schcno.
they announced they would vote for
the arbitration proposal principal
issue ON the Radical program Pre-.
mier Blohr accepted the aid of the
Communists and this bill has been
passed
The ORIGINAL opposition OF the com.
muuists 90 the arbitration measure
, was based in the belief that enact.
mcut would shit power from the Ia
hor organizations to the arbitration
court Therr Is here. rs elsewhere.
ana effort To reduce wages to a pre-.
NJg basis, and tuc Communists have
been considering strike of pro.
test bu' the present is Il most
inoppowme time for strike,
so much so. that the Communists pre-.
orrnd even to accept the arbitration
measure Hence they combined with
the Radicals the King ana the Cabi.
net aud put arbitration measure
through