New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-09

imprudent conduct which nHs w.
stoned II. Beware Of fainting
ats. Though at the time they
may be refreshing and agreeable, yet
believe me. they will in the end, II TOO
often repeated and At improper sea
sons. prove destructive TO your con
stitution. Run mad as often
as you choose; but do not faint.
The publication Of Love and
Friendship" (sic) should prove one OF
the delights Of the season.
Went TO sec "He Who Gets Slapped
again. with Basil sydney in the part
OF lie. and renewed my impression
that this is a beautiful and effective
drama. liked Mr.. Sydney in the cen
trial role even less than Mr.. ben.
nett: the one is too matter Of
fact and the other too melodra-
matte. But that did not percep-
tiblv lessen the pleasure ] took IN inc
play THE Hairy Ape" when
/ did not see until the week II closed
Is. technically speaking, one OF the
most amazing pieces OF dramatic con
struction in modern times. IL will be
interesting 70 examine it in book FORM
II Is in brief. an extraordinary pro
lection Of the tragedy Of stupidity.
dom Memories" by Ernest WadsWorth
Ion0feIlow. the son of the poet. IL
has lust been published by the ilough-
ton. Miflin Company and IL gave me
many a hearty chuokle as we'll as much
insight into the Boston group OF the
last century. Il is made up largely
of anecdotes and, happily, Mr.. Long
fellow did not write IL with any serious
fnh
coqnizant Of the mediocrity OF his
talent as a painter, much Travelled,
well-assured, frank. honest, humorous
minded man, who had the misfortune
4 be the son Of a noted poet, and who,
"a matter Of fact, writes ten times
better prose than his father. Here are
some Of his observations; "The two
Adamseg. Charles and Henry, have each
written a book 70 try TO prove that
they had no education. ! knew botn OF
them well enough to know that no one
else would have dared 10 make such an
assertion. The Adamses have from
the time Of John Adams loved 10 be in
opposition, and ! venture TO say that'
+ with the family trait Of one always
I contradicting the other, Henry prob
/ ably said that Charles had quite as
Good an education as was good for him
/ and Charles, after reading The Edu-
cation OF Henry Adams, would have
said il was rubbish, whereas IL is an
/ uncommonly edifying book.
passed a rainy Sunday at The Glades,
| a summer colony, where the two
Adamses, Jack and Charles, sat all the
| afternoon on tho piazza IN rocking
| chairs. and whatever one said the
| other contradicted fatty Writing Of
! Henry James he says: "In those early
I DAYS he had not acquired the stutter
! he picked up in England And
Monet, the great exponent Of light,
used great blobs Of paint 20 catch the
! light, but ] am convinced that IN
few wears they will also catch the
dirt" His art criticism is fortnight
and interesting: "The back OF Rodin's
man ('The Age Of BronzeO is all cut
up with muscles and he stands 30 in
securely on his feet that he looks as
IL he would topple over; the abdomen
also is over-elaborated: Mac
| Monies treats his subjects too much
as II they were paintings"
July
| Madelalne BOYD came 20 the house
this evening and told us about new
volume Of memoirs by Leon Daudet,
which has Just been published in Paris.
Leon, the son Of Alphonse Daudet, is
ferv. courageous and vitriolic journal
list who spends half his life in the
courts on charges Of libel. lie never
besitates to tell the truth as he sees
II about friends, enemies and acquaint-
ances. blandly relating intimate mat
tcrs. personal habits, weaknesses and
personal characteristics of them all.
| Such a fellow is invaluable, especially
10 a later historian. and so long IS he
keeps from getting shot or poisoned,
he aids greatly in the breakdown OF
those hypocritical fctions people ike
n entertain about life. A great man
| is not the less great for being human,
end C6zanne, as some one SAID, Is no
less a fine artist for having lived all
his life among red-plush furniture.
Because OF this habit Of creating ic-
lions. we arc all trying TO 1--we up 10
impossible ideals and failing. And the
sense Of failure is not good Tor our
souls. Mr.. Littel's confession quoted
/ OF. June 30 Is case in point.
am often accused Of being indiscreet
and even malicious in this diary; but
| am a veritable Pollyanna in compsri-
son with Leon Daudet. After
Madelaine left | went down TO Bunny
Wilson's. We went out and got bite
TO eat and he walked home with me
about Q o'clock. / had concluded that
| this whole outburst Of editorials and
articles By Albert Jay Mock, J. T.. SPIN
garn and others was sudden panic
suggesting senescence, at the direction
the younger generation Is taxing COM
ing curiously from men who were only
short time ago urging break WIN
tradition, decrying Puritanism, Nletorl-
anism and all the rest OF the sup
posed barriers 20 free, creative
life. Bunny had arrived at some
what the same conclusion. "The same
thing is happening 10 the postwar
generation Of writer's that happened TO
the voungar generation in France aiter
tho Nanoleonic wars and the Revolu-
ton. illusions have been destroyed;
a disgust with the men in political and
legislative power has come about;
cynical attitude had been forced upon
the Younger men; sense Of hopeless
ness Is imbued in them by recent
events, and they have been fed upon
the literary products Of disorganized'
heterogeneous. materialistic society
Scott Fitzgerald in the same class as
Alfred de Musset; This Side Of Para
disc" is about the same sort Of stun
though not so good as De Mussets Con
fessions Of a Fin de Steele Young
Man" That IS an eNeeI, en-,
point. Inc elder cIHISs I'M
Paul Elmer More and Stuart +. Sher-
man arc always complaining that writ
ers like Dresser, Shaw, Bennett, Wells,
and, well, any one who has not oeen
dead Fifty years, do not represent the
/ .v,;,;. 81 their ace rs all great writers
! sbould That. precisely. is just what
thew are doing. The cropping, blunder-
ling. anRuished characters OF Dreisers
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