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Arizona republican., 1922-02-17
DECLINE IN PRICES
CAUSES LARGE LOSS
|NSTATEL|VESTOCK

Arizona livestock producers have
suffered severe losses in the value of
their herds during the past year due
to the sharp decline in prices, ii is
shown in the annual report of the
local office Of the United States bu-
reau OF markets and crop estimates,
in operation with the University
of Arizona extension service and the
Arizona Industrial congress, made
public yesterday.
The total value of all stock on
farms and ranges. estimated on prices
prevailing January 1. 1922, was ap-
proximately $4,000, 900, compared
with $6S,000,000 on January /. 1921,
not include the value of poultry and
goats.
Range cattle presented the most
striking illustration of the loss suf-
fered by Arizona growers" said the
report. This year the total value
of the states 1000, 900 head on hand
January / was placed at $4,000. 900
as against $42, ,000,000 for the 100000
head on hand January /. 1921.
Other estimates of the number and
value OF stock January I. 1922, and
January l, 1921, respectively, were
announced as follows:
Horses, 135,000 head valued at So
10000, compared with $4,000 head
and $11. .96S,000 last year.
Mules, 10000 head. valued at ST.
06S. 900. as against $4,000 head with a
value Of s1,572, 900 one year ago.
Milk cows, 10000 head this year,
valued at sS,S00,O00, which compares
with $4,000 head and s3,675.O00 in
1921.
Sheep. 100000 head and $500, 900
this year as against 100000 head
and $S,400.000 last year.
Swine. $1,000 head, valued at $685.
600 compared with $4,000 head and
$768,000 one year ago.
The report was compiled by L. NJ
Harrison, agricultural statistician.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-17

fair of 1904. This farm is the only
thing Mr.. Grubb is proud of. out of
all the many things he has done.
1T is my monument" he said
simply, when speaking about it yes
terday. Il built up beautiful farm
out OF sand and rocks and sagebrush
and it will stand as an example of
what man can do when he tries
long after l am gone from this
world"
The white haired exponent OF the
potato as he has been fittingly
called by some interviewers. left
yesterday for San Francisco where
he plans an extensive educational
lecture tour throughout the farming
districts of California.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-17
BAPTIST MINISTERS
MEET IN NSCOTTSDALE

SCOTTSDALE Feb. 16-On Mon
day conference of all the Baptist
pastors in Maricopa county was held
at the Baptist church at Scottsdale.
Among those present were Z. NJ.
Shanks. Phoenix, S. r. Gott. Phoenix,
T. NJ. Smith. Phoenix, C. NJ. North
rup, Glendale. f. f. Maws, Carl
Bassett Evangelist, +. NJ. Lands,
Tempe. T. f Summers. Buckeye. r.
S. Hawkins. West End. r. Martin
Garrett, Phoenix, Arturo Vargas
Glendale, w. +. Smith, Scottsdale
w. c. Norton, Scottsdale, l.. NJ. Dar-
nell, Phoenix, and NJ. Q. Morton,
Phoenix.
The second meeting OF the Beaver
Debating club was held at the school
house Monday and the subject de-
bated was on the value of debating
clubs to high school students. TORY
Smith proved that they were the
best organization for high school
Arizona republican., 1922-02-17
LOCAL COUPLE WILL
WE'D IN CALIFORNIA

A wedding OF interest will take
place on the coast today when Miss
Ruth Calvert, well-liked member
OF the younger set, and II. b. Moody,
local automobile man. will be mar
ried at the home OF the brides moth
er in Los Angeles. Following their
brief honeymoon in California the
young folk will return to Phoenix
where they will make their home.
The bride-elect is one Of the pret-
test and most popular young women
in the city. For the past few years
she has been an important employe
OF the Union OIL company being head
OF it's bookkeeping department.
Mr.. Moody who is identified with
the business interests OF Phoenix
served overseas in the second divi-
sion having the rank OF lieutenant
Arizona republican., 1922-02-17
ALWAYs our

NeA-Is it really true that you're
going to divorce Bob?
Bellas-Yes, I'm tired OF being
alone.-Houstan Post.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-17

Mail early for Christmas"
"Eh?"
'It helps the postal department
and you're more apt TO get a gift in
return. Louisville Courier journal.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
nAnY CmiCKs,,I'

WHITE ROCK -egss. is for "a! 100 80
1884, Phone l-62
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
uAyNrs.rArprcr ATTIC .rpp,x r.

HAYNEs-PATRIcK AUTO suPPLY CO.
:. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Authorized distributors. hearings Service
company's.
TIMREN, HYATT. NEW DEPARTURE
and scc.s.n,,. avi,ophe T,ino suppi,es ,p.,ps,n. =
wheels, tenders ana parts for Fords
United States tires, also bargain tires;
rehahhttsd connecting rods and bear
inra EXCHANGED for old. stromberg car
bureters. Mail orders sent day re-
oeived. 7oi Il. Second st.. phone Cedar
I65.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Seeds & Nursery Stock

! STILL have plenty OF tomato plants q,
nlglheonth and Boston avenue. c. Il
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Business Service
PATENT ATTORNEY

PATENTs--TRADE-M
Ask us whether your trademarks are
protected in South America. Write for
Patent Hand Book. Prompt, skiilfui
service. Mum A. Co. Patent Attorneys,
Washington office, Scientific American
worth Bldg. Chicago office, Tower
building; Cleveland office. Hanna build
ing. San Francisco office, Hobart build.
ing
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Live Stock

A NEW LIVESTOCK Hasture opened.
close In. stock wanted. osaEe tb99
FINE S-yoar-cld hoistcn cow Tor sale
lOS0is :. Quaker. Phone Usage t7Ot-R,
FOR sALE-Two mich cows. Ledford
Cleaners a Dyers il6 s. Elgin. Usage
bg?a
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15

PohTo RICO, Nancy Hall slips; rubiimate
used; Mighty cultivated. spring water
for irtlsgtion. 1000, So. Dinies' drouth
resisting tomato plants, l cent each.
uther tomato. peppers, cauliflower, 100
tor 80 cents all delivered We compete
only with high-claas growers n. O.
Adams Co.. Lake side Farm Cameron
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Live Stock, Poultry and Seeds
Poultry
So
F,i,.s


Ettis
RHODE ISLAND RED aud Barred Rock
eggs, N,9b per setting. ?72S Il. Al.
Fok sALE--singie-comb white Leshorn
eggs; special price on 100 lots. Ledford
SSJissasners pyefS ils s. Elsln, Usage
WHITE ROCK cggs. rs for "a. 100 so.
MIS-, Anna herryman, route 3. tox
TEA. Phone l.62.
nABy CHICKS
BABY cWCKs-nstchinE eggs, ali lead
ms Varieties Send for free catalog
kennedale Hatchery, Springfield. Mo.
Baby chicks. fsc and 2Oo each,
], 70. sixth 81. Cedar aI9S
RESULT GETrERs
These Little Want Ads.
cattle HORSES USy seeds Sr iIu, fS pGT nSs
ranches, OF, In fact, anything used on
the farm or In the farmers home. YOU
will find these little Want Ads wonder
tul result settlers. Read them carefully
every one Of them--aud n you do not
nnd what You want, write a Want Ad
making money doing A. why not YOU ?
Rates. Thirty consecutive Insertions
ie per WORD each day; three or more
tions Tor tho price OF six; ono or two
lnsettlons, st ncr word per irsertlon,
MISCELLANEOUS
ron SALE--sixty.five ten-w we.l-old run
blood Rhode leland Red chicks 81
each IL hens rooster $40 Indian
Rhode Island Red cgg., st per sci.
Ting. Mrs, Ray hickcn, Box 92S, nsrns-
dali okla.
FOR sALE-Eiftcen thoroughbrcd White
Plymouth Rock hens and one rooster
RHODE ISLAND RED SETTING HENS
fnW
College nm Farm.
FOR sALE-Thirty thoroughbred barred
hook hens and cokercls. hcLane
Dairy, Usage i1e6-J.
GEESE FE ,THERs for sale, osase S5S6,
WANTED setting hens each
week. Phone Cedar 1857,
BARRED ROCK aud white rock baby
chicks and eggs, Old TruSty g25 egg
terry 5n Federal drive
AN REDUCING the siEe OF nv EroW
,ns AioSk tloeks Of hlgh laying strain
tied number OF spring frys. First come
first served, \, A. Robinson, ?6s? Ad,
miraL phone ossEe A99S.
Seeds q Nursery Stock.
/ FoR sALE;-conkey's Buttermrs and
Grain Perfection Henfood. sure Ees
coarse kriti feeders and drinking foun,
| talns, Ruy your seeds IN bulk. w,
carry full liro OF garden. field seeds
also all kinds Of plants. uAris green
bordeaux nlxture. ersenate Of lead,
| BiNnlNG- STEVENS SEED co.
| st6.
NANCY HALi, sweet potato slips, grow,
| In accordance with tho strict regula
lions OF the Arkansas state plant boar,
nnd eefutied Tree from disease; salts
\ faction guaranteed, lrice delivere
parcel post or express, s2bo per i,OO
! Iristate Potato Co. Rosers. ARK
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Seeds q Nursery Stock.

NANCY HALL sweet potato slips. grown
IN accordance with tho strict reguia.
tons OF the Arkansas state plant boara
nnd cefuticd tree from dlkeasoi salts
faction guaranteed lrice delivered
parcel post or express, t2bo per i,OOo
Ifi'state Potato Co. osers, ARK.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15

RHODE ISLAND RED aud Barred Rock
eggs, sl,g5 per setting, ?72S E. Al.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Employment
HtLp WANTEp-MALk

ALL MEN. women. boys. girls. over II
willing 10 accept government positions.
tis5 Write Mr.. Ozment, 3s5. 81. Louis
Mo. Immediately.
BARBER--ii s. Boston. Good peroen-
tase and steady Job
BOYS WANTED to learn TO be electric
lanr. with reference. Call 7:t5 a. m. to
t.i5 p. M, Tuioma Bldg.
June. Vacancies ti2O monthly. age 10
upward experience unnecessary For
free list positions now open, write j..
Leonard former civil service exam.
inerl. 1928 Equitable Bldg.. Washington.
q
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15

CATHOLICS. attention. Memorial
day IL near. DO not let u pass
without ordering proper monu-
ment for your cemetery lot am
agent for the largest monument
dealer in Oklahoma with n COM
piete local stock. Terms ar
ranged Full guarantee. Bank
references furnished. See Frank
J. Hennekes at knights OF CO.
lumbus home. Sixth and Frisco.
Phone Usage 2ib7 or Usage
40b9-J.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-15
Poultry
Efstis

TH0RoUGUTKE Barred Rock esss Tor
setting, Delivered. Phone t2s,
sINuI.E.CoMB buff orpington eggs for
hAtching Usage b2as or Osage lSiT.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26

.El..t.a week a. Using .he people
Nruuas are .sos'ed to siFe all
OBJ. .H... possible fH edufar ".Ar
tors. articles. editorials. and news mater
.aI ..H Hrehmi Hs rrqu'fIea =. "-v
window dspiayT rprJnr-ate Tor me oe
.,I... aUI tD d.... mu'. ''
possible ,I matters rduut'Dn ~ ln'T
newspaper advert 0.uu ti'f.na eF'
eryRn.e are reaa '.i to a-t Y. nov
u, picture theatcrs TO fash SIDES ON
tho rs.n urging people q. .. l.e
srf and study I Hfn.' 'l's'.'ns.
Al zoo public m.,.. hold '.'i "e'N
Do .s hoped space M boz t.ni 'ine
one to talk "a fow ru'es on '". iec'
ts.is OBJ edum OHr... WIN
tho educational officials aHd ..'' p'''
ri,U. .... and .w' .-'." '.',s
asked on tHe ground 'a't ... .'.'.Iy
book. ., the AmrH Legion .. ave
tho NIr 90 PATRIOTS. HI '|.
yio, O.. NIuon. s.. .l ..F'
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26
EDUCATION week
SUPPORT NEEDED
GOVERNOR AYERS

Following is thn proclamation H fl.
governor % the stat, oI TNHs boo I.
gard io American Education Woes
We live n .ur greatest democracy
that the world hle ever EuuNr. wG
Texas By thu greatest state Df HlI I.
mocraDy ON. 90 uur most noted Texans
Mabau - I1mr me eI .hf EU..f
'uu Il The EIHruuL r.Hl.. .I t..4...
Dy' Tho founders u' fh, Texas EUHUh
llc showed fHeu tieW off fHa Importance
90 education loo setting ..dn fUr tH.
training 90 the futon. ...l.re uf .If
state a great publ. school ,ud ls 200.
their intent that mtur. r.Nna should
hc second tp ru u.h.. American Du
zeus Ia scholarship u h.aH ideals. ANA
Boo patriotism
ln order thlf aH citizens 90 'Hu Amer
joan nation may H unison ,nuooUtrate
their efforts upon ar.a-ue sentiment
i0T Dc improvement .. ... educational
system AND ta d.fHU. obstruction n
American ideals ut .r.H.H. fH. GUS
fIiu haa arisen .' annual. setting aside
enc we.E ot OBJ. u..fN .. December Ha
American sluIf.. N..s
Accordingly . TH. 81 Soft 1s Coo,
eruor t I.N. 100 ft HrE.e.iDu u.
and On cooperation tfH .H. PRESIDENT 10
fl' United states with .r. National
Eduut.uII Association. and with tn,
American Lesion. proclaim and do nr,
Che week or December third t0 ninth
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26
|. W. TIMMONS
800 Polk Street
Amarillo. Texas
FRANKLIN DEALERS IN TEXAS

Wichita FalIs-Franklin Sales Co,
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Marshall. {. Rosborough
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26

People have found the Franklip
demonstration plan a good way
10 find out about a cara ride
of SOTO 500 fniles or more.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26

Authoritarian Motor Car Go.
tal,eston-Thc Electric Garage
Ausiin-l.. \. starr
San ADMINISTRATIONS 4 F0ichcrnick
o. Paso-irluhlin Motor Car Co., inc.
Iinuston-N orsham Brothers Motor 60
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26

Here is power-vigor with simplicity. From all parts
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ing ability and quick acceleraon. No cooling system
ever developed either by air water can equal this
Franklin invention in dependability. The new pres
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New demountable rims. Lowest price in 20 years.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26
ToPIc--IESUS THE GREAT MIS-
SI0NiRN.
Luke s.
GOLDEN TENT-The Son ~ man came
O. ses4s aud % save that which was
l0sf Luke 1910.
Luke -; - 3s. 30.

And Il came 60 p1ss soon afterwards.
that he went about through cities ana
villages. preaching and uuamg hD
good tldlngs az The kIuel1m 0f God 1rl
with him the twelve and certain
women who had been healed az ryil suir.
It's and inflrmities MARY that was
called Magdil,uc. from whom seven
demons had gone out. 9 aud Joanna,
the wife ~ Chums Horod steward. uHl
Susanna. and many others. who minis.
tered unto them of their substance. 10
And they arrived 40 the country az tho
Gerasenes. which is over AGAINST Gililsr.
q And when he was come forth upoh
the land. there met him "a certain man
out ~ the city. who had demons. and
FOR n long time b" had worn uo clothes.
and abode not iu any house lut Ip Tho
tomls q And when be 9w Jesus Dc
cried out. and fcll down before him.
and with a loud voice be- said. Wmt
have ! 90 DO with thee. Jesus. thou son
20 the Most High God? ! besoo,h thee.
torment me not. 20 For Doc was corn.
handing the uncle1n spirit 90 come ont
from the man. For oftoutlmog 10 hlu
seized him and be- was kept under guard.
and bound with chains and fottnrs. and
breaking the hands asuudor. Dee was
driven o. the demon into The DESERT,
80 And Jesus asked him. What is nv
name? And h. mid. Legion. Tor many
demons were entered into him. 80 And
they cnirca'ed him thIt ho would not
command them to depart into the nitss.
% Now there was there l herd uf many
swine feeding 0u the mountain. and
they entrcated him that he would give
them have 90 enter into them and p.
gave them leave 33 And The demons
came ont from the man. ana entered
into the swine; Hud ffn herd rushed
down the steep into tho llko. and were
drowned 3s But the m1u from whom
the demons were gone sgf prayed that
be- might De- with him. hli l. s.nt him
away saying. go Return 90 fHv house.
and declare how great fHInsa Good hath
done Tor thee. And Boz u.ut la way.
Publishing throughout th, whole ,ty
how great things Jesus Dad done for
him
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-26
ATEXAs MONDFR.

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BY Observation-Disclosures
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Books Received

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Doubleday. Page.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
African Story

DUST OF DESIRE. BY Margaret Peter
SON. Mcbride. 1929, s175.
R TO LONGER can Africa be
called the dark continent. It
A now lies fully revealed
A. " under the lurid light Of
erotic fiction. Betrayed by
the lawless love Of "The Sheik" and
the primitive passion Of "BatouaIa.D
poor Africa can no longer affect an air
Of mystery. The generations. from
"The Son Of the Sahara" to aTha
Mother OF All Living" unite in her
downfall. And now that much-abused
land suffers from another attempt to
exploit the excite in Dust of Des re, !"
When stripped Of its setting, which
lends certain amount of interest.
the plot of this story is conventional
enough. Maureen, bored by her un-
oemonstrative husband, is attracted TO
Kenyon, an adventurer whom MANY
women have loved. The three travel
to Uganda, where native ,lprisinr
conveniently disposes Of the HUSBAND.
Kenyon wins Maureen's love. only tni
lose her for a time when she discovers
in his house the beautiful dancing
girl of India, Rose of All the World.
whose devotion to her master is undv.
ing. Kenyon undergoes the usual pro-
cess Of modification, saves MaureeD
from sharing her husbands death. and
Is duly rewarded when her passion
overcomes her jealousy and pride. The
style of the story is well suited to it's
subject-matter.
Q. RuGGLEs SMITH.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

was afflicted with that form of egotism
which among word -mongers passes as
idealism; he had all the bigotry that
goes with it, and all the cruelty of a
sentimentalist. And, withal, he wanted
to be loved. Nothing could undeccive
him about himself Surveying his un-
broken series of failures, from the lib
eral utterances of his youth to the
edicts Of his middle age which filed
the dungeons of Peter and Paul and
the convict colonies Of Siberia, he
thought: ut was not his wishes that
were wrong. He had been right. 1t
was facts. Facts had been Obstinate"
So, having led poor Russia in cir
Gle to shambles, he quilted the
world. History says he died; legend
that he abaicated secretly and bacame
monk. Mrs. Underwood chooses to
follow legend; and herein, think, is
her error. From it results o cleavage
N her book, so that it is not an artis-
tic whole.
She has wavered between two an
tithetic formulas; the realistic, which
Tolstoy employed so superbly, and the
symbolistic and romantic method de-
veloped by Merej ejkowski. The first
part Of her work is mainly realistic;
but to lead up to the ebdication, she
is obliged to turn to symbolism. And
her realism is so convincing it will
not resolve into symbol.
Excepting perhaps Chaii, Metternich' 8
sIperwonan spy, all the character
drawing has the same vital quality. Of
the great number of figures that pass
across her pages every other one is
distinct, an individual, no matter how
briefly indicated.
Her style is strangely uneven. It
reads like a translation, which is not
perhaps SO strange since she went to
the original Russian for her material.
So her phrasing is frequently awk-
ward and in especial is marred by a
meaningless use of italics; yet she
strikes off memorable epigrams, of
which not word could be altered
save for the worse. For instance, this
summing up of Madame Narischkin's
feeling toward her imperial protector:
alexander was a lover Of such long
standing that she could not remember
when she had not been tired of him."
There is the soul of q light woman
caught in a single sentence. And there
are descriptive passages, whole pages,
Of sheer beauty. The country unrolls
before ones eyes, one smells the lavish
flowers Of the sub-Arctic summer, feels
the fresh wind of the steppes
OF .he literal accuracy of the book,
only specialist in that period can
judge; but any one else will believe
perlorce. Considered merely as q
novel, "The Penitent" deserves un-
sstinted, If not unqualified, praise. 1t
is the first volume of "New World
Trilogy." and gives something to look
forward to in the other two volumes.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
he Sunday Tribune Reviews Books and Authors
First of a Great Trilogy


| be different. Therefore, Tolstoy loric-
ally deduced the writing of an entirely
truthful history is impossible; 1t car,
eply be approximated.
This theory. which elassifiss history
rs an art rather than science (re-
storing Clio to her place among the
Ninel. justities the epic novel as iegit-
iimtte art form. since 1t is the best
means of approximation. But difficult.
desperately difficult.
Bearing that difficulty in mind. one
IS amazed at the magnitude Of Edna
| Worthley Underwood's achievement in
"The Penitent." despite its manifest
faults. II is volume that richly re-
pays its reader.
Courageously, she has made her
story pendant in point Of time to
war and Peace" The courage is in
the comparison challenged, not because
she, an American, chose to write of
Russia. Sympathy, interest and an i'm
finite capacity for research are the
Seys CT the past. nor nationality are the
language. Time is an equal barrier to
all, If it be time enough.
She takes up the tale Of Russia
where Tolstoy dropped it, when the
sleeping giant, Russia, startled awake
not alone by the earth shaking tread
OF Napoleon's armies, but by the crash
OF Napoieon,s downfall, gazed in be-
Wiioerment at the ruins of the old
order In Europe. The Little Cor
poral indirectly did moro than Peter
the Great, for all his herculean
labcrs, could do directly. The Grande
Armee was the child OF revolution:
when it penetrated Russia it carried
the revolutionary idea with It. The
mixing OF that new ferment in the old
wine gave the giant acute internal
rams. Slight as they were compared
TO the. present commissions, they were
premonltory to sensitive spirits. The
breath of change blew coldly across
me frontier. out of the future. The
stage was set; the play must soon be-
gin.
AS protagonists of the great drama
MRS. Underwood chooses two men, the
emperor Alexander and the Byron of
Russia, Alexis pnshkin. The souls of
these two are the battle-ground where
the first shock of contact between the
opposing forces, the old spirit and the
new, occurs.
Fushkin as man was nero but
terfiy: was, too, an aristocrat by birth.
therefore free of all the flowers Of
that walled garden. He had no desire
Tor change. But as poet he was the
interpreter of youth, and youth had
begun to mediate revolt. He was an
unwilling mouthpiece Of the new
spirit; and nobody was more surprised
than he at what he himself uttered.
Alexander was another Hamlet. He
knew the times were out of Joint and
thought it cursed spite that ever he
vas bern to set them right" But that
he was born to, he had no doubts. He
believed himself destined to be "the
avior of Europe" Have we not heard
that phrase again very recently? He