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New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
Lubbock as Novelist

ture. Il IL prosepocm. ,.ecped in that
tone" which Henry James was so set on
celebrating in two-volume novels. Not a
panel IN the woodwork or flower in the garden
but draws its fuil measure Of ariculste ap-
probation, and everywhere shimmers the
glow Of seusibilfy. "Earlham" IS simply the
mood OF childhood which So. Grahame 50
fastidiously rerescnted in The Golden Age"
Should mere mood be elaborated al such
uneonseionable length Pater's @Child in
The House" or Mr. Grahame's Dream Days
Especially that delicious story entitled "Ihe
Finding Of the Princcss'j are beyond the de-
grading clutch Of realistic eenaure just be-
cause they are moods and 10 more, present
ments and instances Of childhood. Vow, sup
pose the story called "The Blue Room en-
larged to about fifteen times the length gwen
il By Mr.. Grahsme and you have "Eariham."
Remembering that Mr.. Grahame has so per-
fccty rendered the dream Of childhood IN It's
richest eyancscenee, one weafies little OF
Mr.. Lubbocks world Of sensiblity. For the
impid precision Of his style, for sentences Of
haunting and unforgettable beauty, have
only the most heartfelt praise. But where,
for all their hammered and rhapsod!c prose,
the stories Of Mr.. Grshame are INSPIRED
enough to compel reverence and delight, the
'Farlham" Of Mr. Lubbock does become a
strain and Imprisonment 81 thr coarse hesh-
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surveyors copyist said-a period OF immense
historic interest, during which she was 10
contact with very many Of the great igures'
then in the spotlight She saw them. too.
behind the scenes And still the record con.
Germs only Mareot
So that is one thing about her She is
born leading lady and is bound to have the
part OF bust up the show. No one else shah
hold the center Of the stage even for their
last moments When Campbell -Banncrman
was in the article Of death, Nj. Asquith,
sitting in her carriage outside Of No. 10
Downing Street, which G. b still occupied
as Prime Minister. gazed upon that historic
house and wondered how long we should
live in IT," Asquith, Of course vas slated
as c. BIS successor
Politics afforded her background and
she evidently regarded them as precisely
that Her husband was Premier Of the great
est commercial nation Of the era perhaps Of
any era. and she took the deepest interest in
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
By A. Donald Douglas

ENRLHAM. by Percy Lubbock Scribners
y "Earlham" Mr. Lubbock has deserted
the craft Of fiction for the cultivated
ecstasy Of recollection From the mid
die distance Of a ripe maturity he signs
fondly back upon those first years at Earl
ham swathed within beguiling luminanee Of
memory. The childhood days that are no
more he does not find sad and strange and
wild with all regret OF young apples too
trustingly engulfed His childhood days
we're eolored with the wisdom OF temperate
grandparents, avuncular jollity and hsllowed
by the shining sanctuary Of Esrlham IN
whose eehoing halls and over whose smooth
lawns the children would wander in sweet
unrest. Earlham was much more than
building with rooms and servants and set
about by velvet meadowland. It was glory
and dream wherein each moment was
sayored like rare and splendid chalice.
These memories Mr.. Lubbock has embodied
in a style exquisitoly attuned to the golden
.pathOs Of its distance.
''Earlham" is Mr. Kenneth Grahame dis
guised as Henry James and pretending to be
Walter Pater mistaken for Arthur Chris
topher Benson. 1t is fine-drswn and long
extended tonepoem Of childhood at its most
RESTLESS moments Of FIRST fine careful rap
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
BY frederic F. Van dc SYeter (F .F.V.l

blasphemy. Though our verbal equipment
was limited, ", did our her, a. soon rs
the lecturer had left Us 70 consider his
warnings in our heart Then, H. the
silence Of our room, we said;
Our Father. who art in icayen-hell,
len, l ll--hallowcd by Thy name-hell,
hell, hell" and continued the sacrilegious
though monotonous litany all the way
through to the end. Then We 5elt better
and immensely daring.
Some such spirit Of human independence
animates Mr. Ben Hechl and his mora
cultured associates. II mas It's admirable
qualities, hni it is disagreeable, and, It
seems 10 Us, unnecessary. VIC don't pre-
tend to contest for moment their lic nse
,c wrhe anything they please. We are
as violently antinathetc TO the Vice Soci-
oty and other forms Of censorship as they
possibly can be But We don't believe
that books written safely to defy certain
conventions and wholesome reticenees are
rood art Their authors always seem to
behave IN the raueOus ard vaingiorious
manner Of small boys shooting craps on
the corner in defiance Of the cop. Most Of
them aren't crusaders; they're rather
foolish iconoclasts. There j. an air Of
stlf-consciousnes about them that is miss
ing from the work Of earlier and mu.h
more explicit writers whose volumes are
offered now in limited editions and sent 10
you on FIVE days approval by express.
The modern Freudian realistS' crusading
strikes Us as being as silY and futile a.
il the man who. hidden 70 a dance, ap.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

his work How deep may be CLEANED from
this amazing remark:
= never undcr.tood anything about finance
bur rsthered from the discussions which took
place over ~, budget that il was sn ingeui-
ous complicated, perfectly sound measure,
with touch Of art nouveau." And n il
hadn't the touch originally. she certainly sup
piled IL right then and there
Asquith. by the way. she represcnts a. en-.
TREY responsible for the budget in question
and the benefits which accrued from IT, What.
ever they were One recalls dimly that al the
time it was Lloyd George who came in Tor
most Of the abuse that preluded il
However il may be understood from the
above that she is and was a devoted wife.
she.is also fond mother believer in the
up -to.date school Of moral suasion in dealing
with children. Her recital of the results Of
that method is eminently calculated 10 con.
vert the wsvcring into outrigh importers Of
the school Of spsnNng After writing out
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
Books and So Forth

- ARE one Of those hopelessly
~ mdebOund persons who con
W ,,nue more through seli-eon-
o... than virtue. to have lingering
-. IN favor Of special and innOc-
Land Of speech fcr mixed company
CIV. =. We will We can never be our
"a ,all.Aayored self on the rare ocea.
-. when We meet strange females So
aslly.
". had come to regard this as defect
! o,obably. to an obscure Puritan in
s'e ,.I.ss - Since reading Rita Coven.
~ Julian Street, we have almost re-
~. "a onr old belief that there is virtue in
~ - an afaetioa. Mr. Street has con
-. - n. al over again that one can be
'ls ',aoesn, and at the same time retisent
N, street tells the story Of the uncon-
.'.s.,,l love affairs Of vainglorious
,...,Ior. first with pink and yellow
.ar,x woman, and, second, with sui
!. mssionate and tempefamental opera
.,.,,r II is possible that the genial
.,..a. who prefer their literary meat
.sroug and aromatic may find Rita Gov
..tyv" innoeuous TO us it is an extrsor-
s;,.rily pleasant and able work, which is
nj marred, but rather improved, by the
f,a that 2r Street leaps gracefully over
places where some authors wo'ld lie
down and wsllow.
Il is refreshing to find writer now
spS then who can depict love affairs un-
destined for the Marriage License Bureau
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

without either stirring up a bad smell or
walking eircuitously past certain topics
with finger on his lips and his eyes
rolled up piously.
Probably, as We have said before. shreds
Of Pufitanism still cling 10 US For that
reason we have never been able 20 enter
into whole-hearted sympathy with most Of
the modern opponents Of orotic realism.
We can respect the earncstness Of some
OF them, but we think even these are SUI.
fering from delusion They have appar.
emily classed certain prohibitions estab-
lished by taste as companion acts Of SUD
preston to the Stamp act and the Fuqi-
tive Slave law. In their enthusiasm for a
freedom Of expression which they seem
TO think is menaeed they proceed 10 kick
these prohibitions 70 pieces under the mis-
apprehension that they are doing the
world service thereby.
There is a conspiracy, they are certain.
20 keep men from saying what they want
10 say. SO they say more than they need
TO say, so that their defiance Of this con
spiracy may sound valiant and vehement
Though We deplore their actions as IN
necessary and painful we can sympAthize
with their mental attitude Nothing fills
the human soul with stronger desire TO
dc something than TO bc told that he
mustn't We can lock back through the
generations TO the day when misguided
relative lectured TO US, entirely needlessly,
on the iniquity OF, swearing We were
impressed More than that. we were in.
spired with a dark longing to perpetrste
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

pear' IN flannel shirt and KHAKI trous-
erA
We like tn, pleasant def unspsciacu.
Ian style Of Rita Coventry" We like the
sympathy and kindliness Of the character
drawing We thin. his hero is SAP and
the woman out Of all the world whom he
finally marries completely harmonious
helpme,t Tor him Better than any one
in the book, we like the tone in which Mr..
Street has written IL
Day by day in every way We hccome
mose and more puzzled Each time we
read anything new about Atlantic City
We find II harder and harder 10 under
stand why any one goes there for relaxa-
tion
or course, its not impossible that the
folk who 20 to Atlantie City cant under
stand how any one can be content 20 re-
main in New York and work. OF and on,
Tor a newspaper. But, then. in newspaper
work you do meet so many interesting
reop'e.
Our respect for the Bard Of Avon has
Increased considerably though VIC never
wrote a word dcpreeiating his genius.
,itheI--since We nave discovered what
broadway is demanding 10 let Us see
Hamlet" and The Merchant Of Ncaice"
With orchestra chairs selling for what
they are, our conversation en- the classi-
cal drama this year will ,All under the
bead Of Shakespeare ard the opera
glasses
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

plRGOT AScCiTH Ar Auiob.orraph, Dosan
~ HEsE second and third volumes Of
Margots Memoirs, which could easily
Il have been compressed into one, are
prcfsced by plessingly candid motto,
Of which the ast word seems 10 have been
Irisspelled. Les chiens aboyent, Ia carsvsne
passe7 Il is rather. but lei it pass There
is also statement BY the author that she
vas uhdeterred ly critical disapprObation OF
her earlier efforts. because it was directed
more against myself than my art" Memory
fails either to verify OF contradict, for the
sayings OF critics and politicians are writ in
water But II il were 50, the point has been
missed al around 1t was her singular art
iessness that gave ofense where none need
have been taken unless through the same
quality
Much precious Indignation j. also being
uaster over the present exhibit j has been
seriously taken TO task as misreprescnting
history How can il do so? All Of Mrs.
Aselith's revelations are entirely personal
20 herself, and If she is part Of history--as as
We all are in our obscure way she cannot
ysrv well misrepreseut t. The truth about
herself shrieks from every page Her
eaieiest talent is spontaneity. She is not
pcseuse nor deceiyer, hut really woman
without ruic She has only two remark
able qualities, and those two positively in
hiblt any deception: she has never grown up
and she has a wonderful gift Of CAB.
However. reviewer should be pardoned
for errors Of attack upon her productions. A
review should be in some sort consecutive
and analytical 1t should take line. To
DO 90 after reading Mrs. Asquth is extremely
diHeult one is baffled and exhausted trying
10 follow the flea like hops Of her mind and
memory She has no sense Of form or order
in writing. not even a chronological sense,
and 800 pages Of chaos is demoralizing, to
say the least Cabinet meetings and nursery
teas, new hats and new governments jostie
eaeh other on such familiar terms that one
feels like Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea
party But certainly it is no use asking for
vine when there isn't any. One can only fall
hack upon the hay sandwiches. Assuredly,
there is nothing like them, whether or not
they are edible.
VHAT is. one can only discuss Mrs. As
quiih. u seems necessary to apologize
FOR doing so, more than in the case Of
her first offering. That frankly dealt with
whatever private life she has had. This sec
ono lot surveys by leaps and bounds, as the
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

many good resolves about "sef-onfolded
mothers" who n their children please them
are oblvious 10 the suferings OF others, she
"suceeeded in making baby 50 devoted 10
ne that Of sight of friend or sister she
would Aing herself upon the hoor and sWal-
low the mat" The infant also threw hats
into The Ere broke tea-cups and otherwise
put mothers aHioms in their proper place.
Lord Morley said some years later
that she was very lucky in her children. No
doubt the little dears might have burned the
house down. but they refrsined
Mrs. ASQuiTB is also what used TO be
called = Womanly woman. The csrmark
Of this Is rooted suspicion Of her own sex
a. such. Dining al Windsor, she reports,
Queen Mary "chafed mr. about the sufrag-
elites. who had hecn pursuing Us with true
feminine and monotonous maligniiy." ten
dCi sentiment fol two ladies 10 share. a
great bond. a. it were. such feminlnity. u
plaros them uron basi, Of mutual eorifmpt
At once
For profurdity. havcvcr thi. observation
about women ~ cqaalcd ty enc 81 Mr. A.
cui.hs, nest reported. upon politics. "You
can only make changes 10 this. country cen
stituiionaily; any other method leads TO rev
o.uuon" Leads % it7 Whcrp does 10 start
from?
But one could 90 on forever this way. as
Mrs. Asquth did. And Lord Grey once gave
her some excellent advice, which is just a.
good a. new, not having been used: God
is in heaven and thou upon earth; therefore
let thy words be few
But just one more. Perpetual youth is
beautiful idea. theoretically In practice il
entails some disadvantages To be young is
TO be receptive. eager, htfglly geuerons,
quick to form attachments, a. ardent cham
pion even OF had causes. But IL also involves
tendency 10 snap judgments. total inca-
pacity FOR seeing more than one side Of
question and raw egotism only held IN
cheek by salutsry fits Of shyness. Youth is
Pandora box wrapped in gilt paper and tied
with pink ribbons. chiefly interesting for ~
possibilities. Take away those and let the
package appear shopworn. and il isn't so in
yiting. II is not enough TO feel young and
act young; alAsl one must look youhg aud,
in short, be young.
Those who beast OF having kept youthful
: ind DO they ever pause to consider pre-
cisely what they mean by the phrase, II
not, they should read NJ .. Asquith, and learn
the worst They will Understand way BAR
RE put Peter Pan 10 ~ Sever-keytr Land.
lie belonged there
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

V'HAT u.s. one can only discuss Mrs. As
quiih. II seems necessary to apologize
FOR doing so, more than IN the case Of
her first offering. That frankly dealt with
whatever private life she has had. This sec
one lot surveys by leaps and bounds, as the
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
By Isabel Paterson

BARoor AscCiTH Ar AuiobiOrrapn, DoTan
~ HESE second and third volumes Of
MaTgot's Memoirs, which could easily
Il have been compressed into one, are
prefaced by plessingly candid motto
, 1922-05-12

ment that h powers. II necessary,
would take steps to project foreign
~lnterostA-
Despite this notice official advices
indicate that there Is no intention by
the opposing armies to yield. General
Chang has issued orders not to permit
northbound trains to pass Luanchow
on account OF tho danger of firing on
them General WI has returned to
his headquarters at PaotinEfu. leaving
the operations north OF Tientsin IN the
hands Of General Wang Ching Pin.
He said before his departure that he
WAS determined to drive Chang's
army back to Mukdsn. He anued
that n loss OF foreign lives or proper
ty resulted from Changes resistance.
no would not DO responsible.
Reports from Mukdeu say that
Chnrg's home guard refuse TO believe
their leader has been defeated and
have urged him to renew the fight
ing.
A train flying allied flags left Tietn-
sin for Chinwanstao on the coast OF
tho gulf OF Chill. hut was unable to
, 1922-05-12

minet. Is on mat orton OF the
Decentralization Rflrnad assigned 20
the protection OF tho American forces
under tho international agreement for
maintaining communication south OF
h eFeat wall
Reports say that Chang has arrived
= LnanchoE. personally TO direct the
o. ndons- Ten thousand fresh troops
h9ve left Mukdsn to go to his assis-
tance- General Wu's troops have
advanced to within sixty miles north
OF Tentsin- They are under com
mand Of General Wang Cheng Pin
The diplomatic corps here WIS in
formed today that tho rival armies
werS preparing to open IRE. They
We're asked TO intervene between
Chang and WI TO prevent eomplica.
lions which might endanger the lives
OF foreigners or their property.
After a meeting held to consider
this request It was decided that st
was not feasible for the Diplomatic
corps to Interfere IN China's internal
affairs. The diplomats however. sent
an emphatic notice to the govern
, 1922-05-12
CHINESE FORCES FACING
BLOODSHED ON BATTLE
LINE FORMED BY REBELS

proceed on ccoun OF the congestion
Of Chinese forces The American troops
are TO maintain communication and 10
protect foreigners IN the vicinity -
the Kaiping coal mines
The troops CT General WI Pel-Fu.
who defeated h Manchurian for-es Of
General Chang TsoLin las week arc
now e~ntrenched AT Tongshan- General
Chag has his h-eadquartners N Ivan
chow between Tongshan and Chin
vangtao with IS. 1000 MaIchurian
troops
, 1922-05-12
Conqueror of Mancfurian Army Must Put
Down Mem Uprising Before CipH War
Is Brought to an End

PEKING, May T-By The Associated Press)-The for
eign legations here have been informed that a critical stua-
ton has developed at Kaiping, 70 miles north of Tientsin,
where the troops of Gen. Chang TsoLin are entrenched
against an advance by Gen. WI PeiFu's army.
Kaiping, which is the center of valuable British coal
, 1922-05-12

What h believed to hAvo been the
first CORNERS jury comprised OF worn
IN tho United States sat at the
, 1922-05-12

inquest in a case Of accidental dsa
at Kinston. ~ c. and. according L
tho coroner. performed beautifully.
, 1922-05-12

The best fruit and vegetables al
Welsh Fruit Market Phone 1905 and
504- 5-I2It
, 1922-05-12

Head Lettuce, SC each. Welsh Fruit
Market Phone 17o5 and 3ot. 5-lz-2t
The Washington herald., 1922-06-29
COMMITTEE PLANS
TOLAUNCH CHILD
HEALTH PROGRAM
Outline Work to Extend
Throughout Country
For Next A Years.
D. C. HEADQUARTERS
Decide to Inaugurate Cam.
paign in City Located in
Mississippi Valley.

Plans for q 5-year child health
program to be financed by the CON-
monweaith Fund, an organization
to promote health betterment of the
children Of the country, will be out
lined by a Joint comittee. recently
appointed, at which Barry C. Smith
has been elected chairman.
The joint committee is composed
of DR.. Philip Van Ingsn and DR..
Richard A. Bolt. of the American
Child Hygiene Association; DR.. L.
Emmett Holt and Miss Sally Lucas
Jean. OF the Child Health organi-
zation OF America; DR.. Livingston
Farrand and Courtney Dinwiddie. of
the National Child Health Council:
DR.. Donald B. Armstrong. of the Ma
tional Health Council; Barry C.
Smith and Miss Barbara s. Quin, of
the Commonwealth Fund. DR..
Philip Van Ingen Is treasurer. and
Courtnay Dinwiddie, executive Sec
retary.
The FIRST city to be assisted in
developing program for child
health will be selected from the up
per half of the Mississippi Valley
regions. Two other cities are to be
selected in other sections OF the
country after work has been start
ed IN the first.
Members of the committee have
announced that the program will
comprise safeguarding the health OF
the mother-to-be. laying a good
health foundation for children in
the early sensitive and formative
period of their growth and health
supervision and the formation of
the essential health habits of school
children.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce and president OF the Ameri-
can Child Hygiene Association, re-
CARDS the program as "the greatest
single step so far undertaken to-
ward building up the soundest man
hood and womanhood of this coun-
try. especially from the physical
standpoint" Various physicians
and educators have issued similar
statements in regard to the pro-
gram.
Headquarters Of the committee
have been established at 532 Seven
teenth street northwest, and active
work will be started at once.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-29
Won HERMANN
BURIAL TODAY
Funeral Services to Be Held
For Well-Known Masonic
Figure.

The funeral services for John Henry
Won Hermann. bz4 Ninth street
southeast, who died suddenly last
Tuesday afternoon Of apoplexy. will
take place this afternoon at o'clock
at Christ Episcopal Church. 72o G
street southeast. The regular Epis-
copal service will be followed by Scot
tish Rite services. Rev. Curtis White
will have charge of the Episcopal
service.
From the church and at Congress
sional Cemetery the body will be In
the care of Hope Lodge, No. 20. r. A.
A. NJ.
Mr.. Won Hermann was born in
New York City in 1861 and came to
this city thirty-three years ago. At
the time of his death he was en-
ployed as master mechanic at the
sight shop Of the navy yard.
In Masonic circles he was a we'll
known figure, having been past mas
ter OF Hope Lodge. past master of
Mitras Lodge OF Perfection, past wise
master of Evangelist Chapter. Rose
Croix. past commander of Robert de
Bruce Council. past commander-in-
chief Of Albert Pike Consistory No. 1,
member Of Almas Temple, A. A. O..
N. NJ. s.. member of the Royal Order
Of Scotland. inspector general, hon.
orary thirty-third degree, A. A. s.. R.,
and past high priest Of Eureka Chap
ter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons.
Surviving him are his wife. Mrs.
Rita Schroeder Won Hermann, a
daughter. Mrs. John Ellis. of Los An
geles, Cal. and a brother. Charles Won
Hermann. of Atlanta, Ga.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-29
SENATE TO ACT
ON CHECK BILL
Long Delayed Measure Due
For Final Decision
Today.

Continue defforts of local bank
ers and business men to secure the
protection of a bad check law for
the District will reap their re-
ward today when the bill will go
through the last stages of be-
coming a law.
The measure was passed by the
Senate, amended by the House and
sent to the conferees where a dis
agreement arose that has delayed
the bill since December. Yesterday
the Senate conferees receded in
their objections to the House
amendment and the bill is sched-
uled to come before the Senate
today for final action. 1t is be-
lieved that no opposition will be
Offered to the bill,
The bill. which is said to be a
model of its kind. is for the pro-
lection of citizens of the District
against bogus check passers. As
passed by the Senate, Il made II a
misdemeanor to draw check
without sufficient funds in the
bank upon which the check was
drawn. As amended by the House.
five days grace is allowed in
which to make up the defcit.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-29
LIONS FROLICSOME
AT COUNTRY CLUB

women's putting" match. q
tennis tournament and a luncheon
were features of the Lions Club
outing at the Columbia Country
Club yesterday.
Festivities were opened with q
plano solo by Mrs. Cy Mcdonald
which was followed with songs by
Roger Whitford. Mrs. George
Price also sang. Caleb O'Connor.
past president. entertained with
recitations. Victor and John Bird
of the Cathedral School. sang. ac-
companied by their sister, Miss
Virginia Bird.
Aud Lang Syne," roared by
the assembled Lions, concluded
the musical program. Mrs. Arthur
B. Heaton proved most skillful in
putting" and won first prize.
closely followed by Mrs. Will
Miller and Mrs. z. Swavely, win
ners of second and third prizes,
respectively. Twenty-six contes-
tants were entered.