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The New York herald., 1922-08-13
A National Dickens Museum.

DICKENSIANS are now thinking
II about national Dickens mu-
scum; some suitable shrine for
Dickens pilgrims to resort to. Per-
haps there is need for this, owing
to the tendency of old Dickensian
landmarks in and around London
to disappear. The Dickens Fellow
ship proposes As Doughty street for
the purpose. At that abode most
of "Pickwick Papers" "Oliver
Twist" and Nicholas Nickleby"
were written. Incidentally, the
goldfinch episode happened there.
According to John Forster, the mas
ter bought the bird in squalid
court in Spitalfields because it
played tricks and drew water for
itself. At No. as it firmly refused
to perform. The dealer was noti-
fed. He came around and, says
Dickens, cooked up his evil eye
at the goldfinch. Instantly rag
ing thirst beset that bird, and when
it was appeased he still drew sew
eral unnecessary buckets of water,
leaping about his perch and sharp
ening his bill with irrepressible
satisfaction" A trivial incident,
but Dickensian.-FrOm the Chris.
tidn Science Monitor.
The Author of Elizabeth and Her
German Garden"
TT used to be thought that the au-
L thoress of Elizabeth and Her
German Garden" must be an Ameri-
can woman. because she wrote so
wittily. Everybody was sure she
could not be German woman and
write SO wittily. We all know,
or should know by now, that ELIZA
beth" is of good British stock, that
she married first a German noble,
Count Won Arnim, and that she is
now Countess Russell. At present
she is in Switzerland, where she is
finishing story to be called "The
Enchanted April" Mostly it is laid
in the Italy of to-day, which Lady
Russell knows well, and the naive
humor which we discovered in the
German Garden" leaps through it,
both in incident and in character
ization.-From the London Graphic.
The Lash in Byron's Don Juan"
THERE are, in fact, no characters
u in Don Juan" but one, and
that one is the noble author, who
acts as chorus and speaks all the
digressions. Those, to my mind.
are the poem and make a lively
satire of it. None of Byron's bug
bears escape: Southey. Wordsworth,
Castlereagh. Romilly, Lady Byron,
Brougham, George the Third,
George the Fourth. Wellington,
women in general and some in par
ticular, come up with shoulders
barred and feel the lash. No doubt
but he enjoyed the doing of it; he
gave himself ample time and space
until toward the end, when he
was tired of it and himself and life,
Satire was his work; all his best
things are in that genre; but, good
The New York herald., 1922-08-13


and / knew that ! had seen q
vision" There was an embarrassed
silence, and then somebody spoke
of something else and we began
to discuss it hurriedly and eagerly.
From More Memories" By W.
B. Yeats in the Dial.
Sarah Jeanette Duncan Cotes.
OARAH JEANETTE DUNCAN
y COTES. one Of the most popu.
lar Canadian novelists, died in Eng
land July "a. She was born in
Brantford, Canada, in 1862. and
entered the field of journalism
when so far as women were con-
cerned 1T simply wasn't done.a
One of her earliest journalistic
tasks was the reporting of the cots
ton centennial in New Orleans for
the Toronto Globe and the Memphis
Appeal. She was later on the staff
of the Washington Post. She re.
turned to Toronto. joined the edito.
rial staff of the Globe. writing under
the pen name of Garth Grafton.
She served as Parliamentary corre-
spondent for the Montreal Star. and
went on journey round the world
for a syndicate of ITnffad States and
Canadian papers, writing letters
about her travels. Her first book, "A
Social Departure" was very sucs
cessful. In 1891 she married Evers
ard Charles Cotes. whom she had
met in Calcutta. Her later novels
often treated of Indian life, though
some had a Canadian setting.
Among the best known titles are
AN American Girl in London,e
AN American Girl Abroad The
Simple Adventures of a Memsahib,a
His Honor and Lady" The Pool
and the Desert" Set in Authority,s
"A Burnt Offering" His Royal
Happiness" and THE Imperialist.s
Her last novel, Title Clear" was
published last June.-FrOm the Pabs
fishers Weekly.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
John Davidson.


r DO not know whether John
L Davidson, whose life also was
tragic, made that morbid effort" ;"
that search for perfection of
thought and feeling" for he is
hidden behind failure TO unite il
to perfection of form" At IL one
morning i met him in the British
Museum reading room, probably in
1894, when / was in London for the
production of THE Land of Hearts
Desire" but certainly after some
long absence from London. Are
you working here?" l asked. No."
he said, Il am loafing. for | have
finished my days work. What,
already?" Il work an hour day
| cannot work longer without ex-
haustion, and even as il is, if /
meet anybody and get into talk,
cannot write the next day: that is
why | loaf when my work in fin
ished." No one had ever doubted
his industry, he had supported his
wife and family for years by
'deyiling" many hours a day for
some popular novelist. What
work is it?" / said. Il am writing
verse;" he answered. Il had been
writing prose for a long time, and
then one day thought might just
as well write what l liked. as |
must starve in any case. II was the
luckiest thought / ever had, for my
agent now gets me forty pounds for
a ballad, and l made three hundred
out Of my last book of verse;
From More Memories" By W. B.
Yeats in the Dial.
Sinclair Lewis on the Lecture
Platform.
III is principal preoccupation, how
IL ever, was with England. He
said he had been dreadfully mis-
quoted-that he admired much
about England. appreciated the
value of many English authors, but
objected to the mothering attitude
various young Englishmen held to-
ward US, the principal targets of
his animus being certain young
Oxonians, who, we guessed. were
Shane Leslie and ]. C. Squire. Mr..
Lewis said it was all right for Mr..
Hugh Walpole to come here to lee
ture and commended John Gals
worthy and w. L. George, but the
dollar chasing habits of other Eng
lishmen are accursed. and he re-
ferred scathingly to G. X. Chester
ton and Margot Asquith, and held
up to contempt the American Gus
tom OF flocking to hear any English
novelist the critics said was in
town. In an admirable imperson-
alton of an English baron he imi-
tated the English drawl, and then
remarked that given chance to go
to tea with an English baron as
against meeting certain American
authors, the public would worship
at the feet of the Englishman-
From the Chicago Daily Ne,es.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Oscar Wilde in Downfall.


~ fore the action against Lord
Queensberry had Knocked his pose
and affected style and refused to
acknowledge his wit, was now full
of his advocates, though / did not
meet a single man who considered
him innocent. One old enemy of
his overlook me in the street and
began to praise his audacity, his
self-possession HE has made" he
said, "of infamy a new Thermopy-
lae" / had written in reply to
Lionel Johnson's letter that / re-
gretted Wilde's downfall but not
that of his imitators, but Johnson
had changed with the rest. why
should l not regret the fall of
Wilde's imitators"-I had but tried
to share what / thought his opinion
They were worthless, but should
have been left to criticism" Wilde
himself was martyr in his eyes,
and when said that tragedy might
give his art greater depth he
would not even grant a martyrs
enemies that poor merit, and
thought Wilde would produce, when
it was all over, some comedy exactly
like the others. writing with an
art where events could leave no
trace. Everywhere one met writers
and artists who praised his wit and
elOquence in the witness box or
repeated some private saying
From "MOre Memories" By w. B.
Yeats in the Dial.
Shelley at Oxford.
OHELLEY achieved quite a noto-
~ riety while at Oxford for his
regularity in breaking rules, his
slovenly dress and his extraordinary
gestures. He charged the knob of
a door with electricity for the con-
fusion of any who tried to open 1T,
and he demonstrated his knowledge
of chemistry by spilling corrosive
acid on the carpet of tutor who
reprimanded him. He had already
gained distinction as a writer when
the pamphlet was published, so
much so that when his father
brought him to Oxford he intro
duced him to one of the partners in
the firm of Munday G. Slater with
the words. MY boy here has
literary turn; he is already an
author; do pray indulge him in his
printing freaks. From the Chris
tion Science Monitor.
Spending the Hour Profit ably.
THERE still fingers among US
L the belief that poetry is the
senior branch of the service. Ii we
have an hour to spend We feel that
we lay it out to better advantage
with Keats than with Macaulay.
And so, perhaps, we come to novels
neither knowing the right way to
read them nor very much caring to
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Mary Noailles Murfree.

ttfu AT A<oaAA<A<ID
A'A widely known as an author
under the pen name of Charles
Egbert Craddock, died at her home
in Murfreesboro, Tenn, August /,
at the age of 72 years. She was
born in 1850 at Grantlands, near
Murfreesboro, and was the greats
granddaughter of Col. Hardy MUIR
free, who served with gallantry and
bravery in the Revolutionary War.
As child Miss Murfree was an ins
defatigable student She was uns
able to take part in childish pass
times because of lameness, so she
devoted herself TO reading. The
summer home Of the family was i'd
the Tennessee mountains near Beer
sheba, and there she began writing
for the Atlantic Monthly under the
name of Charles Egbert CraGdock,
soon attaining high rank as one OF
the leaders in the new school OF
Southern fiction. Her first book
was In the Tennessee Mountains.a
published in 1884. which met with
instant success, Mr.. Craddocka
being hailed as a master in the art
OF description. After that Miss
Murfree wrote many other charm.
ing stories, all dealing with the
mountaineers OF eastern Tennessee.
Her works include Where the Bat.
tie Was Fought" 1884; Down the
Ravine." 1885; The Prophet Of the
Great Smoky Mountain" 1886: In
the Clouds" 1856; THE Story of
Keedon Bluffs" 1887: The Despot
of Broomsedge Cove" 1888: I'm the
Stranger Peoples Country" 1891:
His Vanished Star" 1894: The
Phantoms of the Footbridge.p 1895.
The Mystery Of Witchface Noun
tain, 1895; The Juggler." 1897;
THE Young Mountaineers.' 1897:
The Story of Old Fort Loudon."
1899; The Bushwhackers and Other
g1uf.ra-s =. n. - -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
CHICAGO'S BOHEMIAN
Center, OFT RhIDED,
DESTROYED BY BLAZE
(Ry Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, April %. - "The Wind
Blew Inn" Chicago's chief claim to
Bohemianism and the center of the
local Greenwich village" which has
come into prominence lately through
police raids, poisoning. and attempted
suicides, was destroyed by fire today.
The dilapidated. unpainted, two
story wooden structure was situated
on the edge of a fashionable residence
section.
The police several times tried to
close, once raiding it, arresting a
score of university students, together
with numerous longhaired men and
bobbed haired women.
The police said the three candles
lighting the two floors did not give
light to make the place respectable
and that the customers were in too
close proximity to each other.
The bluefish, dill-picklers, and other
habitues of THE Wind Blew Inn" de-
clared that refreshments stronger
than chocolate eclairs were not served
and insisted that the only excitement
was over debate on this question, RE
solved, That Woman Needs Man More
than Man Needs Woman"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
YOUNG HUSKIES FIND
GOOD JOBS FIGHTING
FOR OFFICE SEEKERS
(By Associated Press.)

BUDAPEST, April pa new occu-
patton, open only to young huskes not
afraid to fight at the drop of a cab
bage, has come into being here as a
result of intensive campaigning for
the pending elections.
Candidates opposing the government
have met with such pronounced hostil-
ity that they now employ as many ath-
letic young men as their campaign
funds will permit to act as bouncers,
body guards, spoilers and shields for
the speakers.
Opposition candidates decided to buy
protection after dozens of their meet
ing had been broken up by bands of
notorious Awakening Hungarians,'
who acquired remarkable skill at heav-
ing cabbages and soft tomatoes, i'll
smelling bombs and occasionally bricks
during fits of political enthusiasm.
The bouncers are stationed at vari-
ous points through the hall and CALLER
les and on the speakers platform
Those in the audience attempt to quell
disturbances at the source, but should
q stray vegetable break loose and head
for the stage, there is always some OF
the hired help ready to jump in front
Of the speaker for an instant.
On the rare occasions when there
are no disturbances, the huskieS act
as claquers. In many of the gatherings
this is said to require almost as much
courage as speaking, for an outburst
of applause from any section of the
house is sure to bring a collection OF
missiles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
CHANCE OF CABINET
FREIGHT REDUCTION is
PLEASING TO OFFICIAL

A reduction by one-third of the
freight charges on kitchen cabinets
shipped to points in the eastern half
of the country from Indiana, is asked
of the interstate commerce commits
sion, said F. S. Anderson, secretary
treasure of the KID Cabinetn company
Saturday.
II am glad of any action taken to-
ward this end. We have been fight
ing for a reduction for three years,
however, and l am not very hopeful
Of a speedy decision in our favor"
Freight rates on local shipments
have been almost prohibitive, says Mr..
Anderson. Car-lot shipping rates have
been more reasonable at 921a cents a
hundred to New York and 901a cents
to Philadelphia, but local shipping
rates have been 50 a hundred" Mr.
Anderson said.
Eve received slight reduction late
ly On western shipping rates. Indiana
makes 95 percent of all cabinets sold
in the country and so has been max.
ing a strong fight for reduction OF
freight rates which have materially
hampered the industry. With ouI
present production of $50 cabinets a
week, these high rates are an impor
tant factor in the cost to the consum-
er. When it becomes possible to low
Ter this cost, all cabinet factories will
experience an improvement in bust
ness"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
SPEED COP,
INJURED IN COLLISION
while CHASING AUTO

Motorcycle Officer John w. Henni-
gar sustained a number Of injuries at
$3.50 o'clock Friday evening when the
machine he was riding collided with
an automobile driven by James Nor
ton, at the corner of Twelfth and
South A streets. The front end of
the motorcycle was badly smashed up.
Hennigar was chasing a speeding
ear, going east on South A street, and
was running at the rate of so miles
an hour. The Norton machine was
driven in Just as the auto passed the
Corner, and directly across the path
of Hennigar's motorcycle.
The shock of the collision threw the
automobile up on the sidewalk. Hen
nigar was taken to his home, where an
examination by DR.. S. G. Smelser
showed that he had been badly bruis-
ed, but no bones were broken. One
ankle is temporarily out of commits
sion, and a knee cap bruised
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
LONDON SAYS GERMAN |
REPLY AGREES WITH
LLOYD GEORGE STAND.
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, April, 22-Most London
newspapers today were of the opinion
that the German reply to the allied
demands at Genoa was in agreement
with Mr.. Lloyd Georges position and
considered the Incident closed. Some
hostile critics were still dissatisfied
with the reply and supported Frances
protest vigorously.
The Russian reply received severer
criticism. The Times calls it disturb
ing and asks to what purpose 'the
British delegation is encouraging and
supporting the Bolshevists to the
point of risking break with France"
The Morning Post thinks the Rus
SLAMS have made a good bargain and
quotes its correspondent at Genoa who
predicts the Russians will win de
jurre recognition. This newspaper
forsees that the Bolshevists are using
this recognition to propagate her pes
tilential creed and carry on world
wide plots of communism.
Oppose Proposals.
The DAILY Ielegraph, Whlle holdlnS
that the Russian reply is LESS pre-
posterous" than the Russians former
attitude, says that the new proposals,
"are far from being such as can be
accepted" And declares that mo
business can be done on the basis
of flagrant proposal which amounts
to defiance.
The Daily Chronicle takes an op-
posite view. 1t expressed the belief
that the Russian reply removes a
perilous obstacle to the success of the
conference and takes away the OBJ
lection to the continued presence of
the Russians at the conference. The
newspaper pleads that Russia be not
pressed too hard regarding her debts
and supports her claims for a loan.
Sir George Diash, financier, tele-
graphs the Westmisnter Gazette from
Genoa in defense of the Russian-Ger-
man agreement. He urges that If
Germany and Russia are subjected to
political isolation and economic pres
sure great harm will result. He in
sists that Great Britain must give
Russia reasonable terms.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
EXPECT J.P. MORGAN
WILL help ARRANGE
LOAN FOR GERMANY
(Bv Associated Pressl

PARIS, April 22-J. P. Morgan is
expected to come to Paris next month
to attend the international meeting of
bankers called by the allied repara-
tions commission for the purpose Of
endeayoring to arrange the floating of
an International loan for Germany, ac-
cording to information received in
American circles here.
While the reparations commission
has not yet had definite word that Mr..
Morgan is coming, it is believed here
1t is almost certain that he will do so.
Friends of J. p. Morgan were in
formed by him in New York Friday
that he was considering from stand
point of usefulness the invitation the
Morgan firm had received to accept
membership on the committee being
organized by the reparations commits
sion to consider the floating of the
German loan, but that no decision had
been reached as to acceptance. 1t was
stated, however, that if any member
of the firm went in response to the
invitation it would be Mr.. Morgan
himself
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
ROUTINE BUSINESS
Will OCCUPY Dali
fRy Associated Pressl

DUBLIN. April 22.-The Dali Eir-
eann will meet on Tuesday and il is
expected that the entire week will be
given over to merely routine business
DUBLIN, April 22.-The conditions
under which the executive board of the
dissident section of the Irish republi-
can army is prepared to discuss the
attainment of unity of the army have
been communicated to the secretary OF
the Dali by Liam Mellowes, secretary
of the executive.
Maintenance of the existing repub
lie is asked in the conditions which
set forth that the Dali Eireann as the
republics government be the only
government of the country; that the
army be maintained as the Irish re-
publican army under the control Of an
elected and Independent executive;
that the civic guard be disbanded and
the country policed by the Irish re-
publican army as decided by the eX-
ecutive; that the Dali discharge all
financial liabilities of the army and
meet its future requirements and that
no elections be held while the threat
of war by England exists.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
SAYS REAL BASIS
OF PARLEY POLITICAL
1Ru Associated PressN

GENOA. April 22.-Henry Wickham
Steed, correspondent of the London
Times, wired the Times today that an
important American financial authority
had confided to him Thursday that he
had been trying to discover the eco
nomic basis of the Genoa conference,
but had failed.
He had begun to suspect Mr..
Steed added, "that the whole thing was
a sort of farce. l reminded him that
at Rapallo and in the city of Genoa
representatives of the principal inter
ests of the world were besieging Boil
sheviki, who thus were placed in the
in the position of dispensers of favors
to suppliants. But could not disguise
the fact that the real basis of this con-
ference was political and must be
sought rather in British home affairs
than primarily in the condition OF
Europe
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
YOUTH AND FRIEND"
RIDE IN STOLEN CAR

Leroy Dickerson, a youth who was
arrested late Friday for taking a car
belonging to Clarence Reaper from the
front of number nine school building,
southeast of town, was dismissed with
a warning after he had been arraigned
in police court Saturday.
The boy came here from Rushville
only q day or two ago, and while Wis
fting the school conceived the idea of
taking a girl for ride in the car be-
longing to Reaper. No sooner said
than DONE He took the car. The
couple rode about town for an hour
or SO, then returned the machine to
the school.
Mayor Handley issued warning to
would-be joy riders. of the city Sat
urday. "The minimum fine for an Of
fense OF this kind is $25," he stated
land it is likely that the next case of
this kind will meet witt. less leniency.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
OPEN JUNIOR EXHIBIT
AT GALLERY SUNDAY;
INFORMAL MUSICALE

The exhibition by junior artists of
the city will be opened in the Public
Art gallery Sunday afternoon from 2
from 2:30 to $3.50 o'clock. Every one
is invited to attend.
Richmond Art association directors
and members have been extended a
special invitation to attend the open
ing by members of the Junior art as
soeiation and their sponsor, Miss Flor
ence Williams.
The musicale will be given by q
string quartet composed of Janice
Smith Marcia Dennis, Emily Roberts
and Harold Roberts, assisted by Mrs.
Dempsey Dennis, soprano, and Miss
Helen Eichhorn, pianist. The pro
gram follows:
Meditation ......B. c. Fancionier
String Quartet
EN- Route" piano. GODDARD
Miss Eichhorn
Largo" cello .............. Handel
Miss Emily Roberts
Spring Songs Mrs. Dennis
After Sunset" ..... Arthur Pryor
Quartet
The exhibit, which is the second
annual one held under the direction
of the Junior Art association, is com
posed of art and craftwork Paintings
in oil and water color, and pen, ink
and pencil sketches, pastels, figures
in clay, carvings in soap. Watteau fig
ures. batiks, reed work, and tied-and
dyed work are among the things or
exhibit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22
GIRLS DRESS
CATCHES fire;
BURNS FATAL
Bessie Sewell, 20 Years Old,
Dead Result of Burns Re-
ceived While Making Fire
in Stove.
BODY IS BADLY CHARRED

Bessie Sewell, 20 years old. died
Friday night at 11:15 o'clock at Reid
Memorial hospital from the effects of
burns which she received at her home
Thursday morning She resided with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Sewell,
of 921 North Eleventh street She
was born in Kentucky, April 7, 1902
and had been a resident of Richmond
most of her life.
The girl was making a fire in a
stove Thursday morning and her dress
caught fire in some manner. Her en-
tire body was very badly burned. She
was rushed to Reid Memorial hospital
for treatment, but her burns were of
such nature that death resulted She
is survived by her parents.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at o'clock from the
Holiness church, North Eleventh and
H streets. Hlrial will be in Earlham
cemetery. Friends may call any time.
William Kimble, S21 North Tenth
street, who was passing on the other
side of the street, heard the girl
scream and ran to her assistance. She
burst out of the door aflame from
head to foot Mr.. Kimble, who was
wearing a light overcoat, threw it
about her and attempted to smother
the flames. Another man came to his
assistance and the girl was wrapped
| in piece of carpet
Mr.. Kimble's hands were burned by
his efforts to save the girl.