New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-18

+ II YOU don't believe this. 20, II you
are a Gentle. 20 gathering OF Jews
who arc race-conscious by reason OF
numbers. money ard power. gu VIII
be soon enough put in your place ! nave
e1nericrced probably n more livery
sense OF isolation a. the lobby Of the
METROPOLITAN on an opera night than
anv Jew ever felt az Harvard. and no
jew at. Harvard ever got more dis-
dainfui rebuff from a snobbish sopho-
moro than got the other night from
a theatrical producer when ] vcniured 10
approach him with a request TOT
light I'M the lobby % the thcatcr where
had paid Sll 90 see his show
Went 20 dinner tonight with Cabeil'
Ernest Boyd. Carl Won Doren, non,
Redman. Nathan and Gilman. 'aoeH
told us about an interesting book nc
had read recently called The Niteh
Cult in Western Europe wherein Mar
raret Alice Murray traces the witch
cults back 20 pre-Christian religions IN
northern Europe. ] couldn't hear much
OF the conversation between Van Doten
and Cabell because J was az the other
end Of the table. where Boyd ana
fell into discussion Of his projected
trip 20 Europe. %. Upon Cabclls con
sent 20 come out 20 my house for the
evening ] had hastily rounded up some
people by telephone, but Cabell got a
sudden fright az the prospect Of meet
ing a crowd Of people and went home
The rest Of US went 20 my house. where
We were Joined later By Thomas Beer
George Jean Nathan. Ct rles Shaw,
Mrs. Gilman and Madelaine Boyd.
June IL
Read this morning an editorial in
The Times" on the younger generation
wherein Gilbert Scldes and John Far
rar are referred TO as "thc twin thun.
derbolts Of criticism which VIII
tickle them both. The London
papers are discussing the younger
generation now. Rose Macauiey. John
Gaisworthy, Dean lnCc, Constant
Reader and Pro Bono Pubhco are bonn
binating freely IN the vacuum. Gals
worthy says that the actions Of the
Youngsters can not in fairness be criti-
cized By the muddling oldstcrs who
permitted the war. and he joins Sir
James Barrie in crying Courage! and
urging youth % take things into IFS
own hands and see n 10 can run them
better than they have been run 10 the
past. confident that they couldnt
Snenorah journal" which always
contains articles and stories
Of high literary merit. particularly
the sane and witty comments by the
writer who signs himself H. Ben
shahar Read Ancient Greece
by Stanley Casson. which IS the best
short survey Of Greek civilization nave
ever encountered. IL runs 20 less
than a hundred pages and IL is per
feet beautifully written. concise, and
comprehensive. The chief virtues in
the Hellenic scheme Of ethics were.
he points out. Courage, Temperance,
liberaity, truthfulness. restraint,
livehncss or witness and friendl-
ness Their three great cultural
qualities arc; Proper ambition, mag
niicence, and greatness Of spirit Il
will be seen, he says, that humility,
self-sacrifice, charity, hope. and faith.
the great Hebraic virtues which have
taken a high place in our world Of
ideals, had TO place in the Greek
scheme Of things. The Greeks, being
proud. saw no reason IN being humble.
regarding the body and mind as per
fcctible, they could not understand the
concept Of self-sacrifice; charity might
lie in lberality and hope in courage.
but they were not separately conceived,
dissociatcd ideas; and faith they had
not az all. because THE Greek was too
direct, TOO scientific, too oxacting for 10
20 mean anything 90 him. ut is re-
markable," Mr.. Casson writes, that
in all Greek history we hear little
either Of hypocrisy. shoddincss. or
snobbery, the bcsetting petty sins Of
modern life. Only once in Greek liter
allure do we hear anything OF the
kind. Theophratus describes a Greek
snob Of his day. But his snobbery is
political rather than social. lie is cs-
sentialiy the old conservative Of the
bad type, hating democracy and long
ing for the good old days
June y
Pierre Loving came 90 see ne and
+ told me Of his wandorings afoot
/ through the Middle West and West,
and Of having met Haldcmann-Julius
, IN Gerard. Kansas. who has sold many
millions Of copies Of his 10-cent reprints
Of the classics and who plans 10 revo-
lutionize the publishing business by
putting the best literature into the
homes Of people all over the country
az an exceedingly low price. Loving
comes back 90 New York with high
hope for the future Of American civil
lization. convinced that the composite
view Of America expressed in "Civili-
zat.on in America" is misinformcd and
unjust. and that the Middle West,
South and Far West arc entering upon
"A great literary creative epoch.
Lunched with Eugene SaXton, who
told me that the movement for adult
education among the laborng people
in America had progressed 20 such an
extent that the Doran Company was
having difficulty supplying the textbooks
which are 20 be used in the workers
universities. Everett Dean Martin.
Charles A. Beard and James Harvey
Robinson are among tho authors who
viii write text books in the series for
+ tho workers library OF general cdu-
cation. Met John Peter Too
I hey in the restaurant and he told me
that he and Thomas Beer had just
finished a play 10 collaboration 10 be-
called an Freedom Name. II IS
satire upon modern Froud!sms. the
Lucy Stone League, and other features
Of the feminine advance.
June 10
Lunched with Kenneth Fuesslc. who
gave me news OF Bob Davis. the editor
who has so many ideas for stories that.
when a promising new writer comes
20 see him. he always gives him a half
dozen or so plots and, moreover. acts
them out for him. jumping over chairs,
throttling a waste basket and stabbing
letter-flc. all ir very realistic pam
tomme. He also told ne about Achmcd
Abdullah and how be spends most Of
his time with political hcnchmen and
Fast Side characters, and how he has
I his room filed TO overlooking with
Oriental objets dart.
Wont 10 Louis Iniermover's to.night.