Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-04
ZONE MAN IN HIS TIME"
DEALS WITH VIRGINIA
is Story of Man From Masses Who Helped by Political
Boss, Rises to Covernorship of the
Commonwealth

oNt: MAN IN his TIME \ novel
'"Hias". by Ellen Glasgow
pom i"da" Page u Co.. New York.
IS ihc World War was fought and
won Tor Democracy. then there liz
h"'hinS surprising In whatever may
h'ppsn IN these piping times. when
democracy rules. Ellen Glasgow has
turned out a tale trembling with
human commissions and social
changes that bring dismay to the
t"lk of yesterday. Sh. AYERS that
tho characters which she has drawn
arc n"t pictures OF living and moving
p'rpl". which means they are chill
urcn or her own fertile Imagination.
TN" result II her study Of socia! and
political conditions shows that she
has snre below the surface. and has
studied the movements Of people
who do not, and never. viii, move In
h"' own circle. and has drawn con
illusions from what she has seen and
what sh" has discovered
one Man In His Time" IN. mover
JUST issued by Doubleday. Page &
70. tells Of the rise Of :, man Of tn,
peDpl" To heights ~ political. power.
IN" holding of which opens TO him
and his the dpors that have been
closed To those in his element Of
b"ci"tN, His success In reaching the
Top through sheer toll. coUpled with
hnlii'S. has staggered tn. old
liners. VIII" held that there was M
open s"s"m" for th"se who had not
grown NJ with ancestral rob. pro-
tcct'ne from the rough contact OF
pl"hcian society The gentle folk
who have dreamed long OF the DAYS
when knighthooh was ia nower
when the blue blood of chivairy
.wayed all things when the ban of
tnci"ty proved Il bar against those
~ho could not point with pulsatins
prid" to tho family tree with
branches that reached To the Queens
throne iiS"if.' stand aShast at the
success -. this man OF the people.
who's" achievements and shrcwd 20.
Iltical activities have placed him
upon the local throne Of caccutiv.
leadership.
The End. Not the Means.
In telling her story Mis-. Glasgow.
who has shore In the brilliant set
and Knows IA" ms and outs OF $50
-io'y." lik" Sir ~Jos"ph Porter. Hnds
that love levels All rank aud that
even tn" newt. rich may enter the
Iacr"d portals or that so-call.d :.
ei-iy which holds last against the
STRUGGLING folks who. through pug
nacipuH cHort. elevate themselves TO
public recognition, II they bat max.
IN" proper showing which ready
funds provide
1'h- dear old ladies' however. who
tnun"t get themselves away from the
les mat bind ih"m - thu past. when
class ana mass We're two distinct
elements. fan To get into the spirit
~ tn" Time. AMI their progeny
trained along iight lines. must trem-
oil" and trir along In tn. meantime
ia" rSbh.c sends forth Us shining
tights. and with all society now on
he sam" political level. there can
." no other conclusion than that
-"Hr he'd by this consummat. student
Of human character.
u IS The end and not the means.
II 'hr best In humanity is 10 he
gained. there may be rough work In
the gaining. But humanity Is
served. and. while the ''rouGhnechs''
may not stand among IN. chosen.
th"ir efforts toward the end must
D." recognized and applauded. and
thus rha path ~ empire and civili-