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uIppirTowN GIEANINGS.

Middlctown, Dec. 23-Niss Pauline
Wiley has resigned her position as
teacher % the Nth grade and will be
succeeded by Miss Catherine FUR Of
pluemont, Va. Miss Wiley will go 10
North Carolina
\ FOX liberated at Townsend was
captured al NoXentown Mills by
Randolph and James Reynolds.
The Christmas entertainment OF s..
Anno's sunday school Will Ne held
next Thursday evening
The young people ~ Middletown
Will give a dance December IS.
John Heldmyer. Jr.. has sold one
~ Mrs Louisa Rradford's farms 10
Charles Puckworth ~ Rethe;
James r Shaucross has sold for
Sudler J. Wallace % Denver. Col. a
dwelling ~ odessa 20 Albert II.
Donovan.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Z. Connellee
have gone % Detroit. Mich. where Mr.
Conncli~~ ha. obtained employment
Mrs George 2. Brady will enter
tain hcr children and grandchildren al
Christmas dinner Mrs. Cuthbort :.
Gr.cn. NJ. and Mrs. Francis Z. Wat
kirs. Miss Fra-.,es " Watkins. Nlr
and Mrs Frederick Brady. Misses
Ethel Helen. Clara. Mars ret and
E1izah-th Brady. Mr. and Mr. Henry
= Brady. Henry and WlGani Brady.
SIR and Mn jefferson I Pooso and
da .ghtes. Rececca and Mr. and Mrs
I,o,inlan smith VII attend
NJ and Mr- william A McCrone' s
Chris mas guests W. he Mrs J. Z
1icNecker Mrs e. \ Hone, kcr. John
! fionecyer Nj and Mrs. David
To-dham and daughter. NJ and Mrs
iams~s n McCrone. Ny and Mrs Hy-
and p Builen and children and Ny
and NV Francls McI,cw,v ard chill
drsn
Mis- Noi'ie Wilson and Mrs =. n
Hearr W. have for Chs1stna- guess,
NJ and Nh John W Roberts. NJ,
mary Ro,erts Mr. and Mn Johr
Iavntcr W son. Mr. and Nrs Eoge,
Waiams and children Mrs Wt-iau
- Wilson. John. Burton and Mar,
Wilson. George = and Maniov. y
wilson and Mr.. and Mrs Harold WI
EN- and Ch..d
= Prank Whorter 90 ONO Co,lcr,
I'D Punel l. McWh,r;e- o. In
lnivers4tl 80 Deiawar. are s5.endinj
tho holidays w1'h their parents. 81.
and Mrs. Purne. T.. NJ Whort.-.
ar and Mn Ezra Evans vii en-
terrain al Chs.stuns dinner Mr. an
Mrs. Arthur Evans and son. Hotter
Mr and Mrr = v'ood Brown. Mis-
Iv''yn Brown and Evans Brown
Mr. and Mrs J. = McWhcrter w
sftertsin on C7sst-nas Miss Levin
L farnrl M~r Kate Eats.r -.rH II,
and Mn. Thomas + Now horter
Rev, and Mn J.. J. Dunaghay W!
have Tor Christmas visitors the.r Sun,
Percy. from Washington Cu...ge. an
Edwir rom Tome Institute.
Mr and Mre John Heidnyer ".
entertain a. Christmas d.nnei Mr.. an
Mn John Heidmyer. Jr.. Mrs JOSEF
10 dmy.f, Msrian and Roland Held
fnyer and Mr and Mrs. George HEX
uIref
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CECIL COUNTY NEWS.

Elkton. Md. Dec. 23.-Two members
OF the Pennsylvania State constab-
ulary came 10 the upper section OF
Cecil county in search OF Frank r..
Hurst. who escaped from the Iancas-
ter jail IN 1917 and was reported as
having been seen near Rising Sun.
but failed 10 find him. Hurst was SEN
fenced 10 IS years in tho penitentiary
for BURNING barns. but escaped.
DR. John +. Owens. aged so years,
former resident Of Elkton. died
Thursday in Chicago. His body will
he brought TO Elkton for interment.
r. Il. Craycrofs farm. in the First
district. was sold yesterday 10 Irwin
q. Griffith Of Chesapeake City for
sll. 900.
Howard VI. Buck Of Mays Landing.
y. j.. and Lens NJ. Foraker OF Smyr-
ma and James V. Bailey and Lillian
NJ Poore Of Earleville were granted
marriage licenses yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James :. Hopper
formerly OF Chesapeake City. an
nounce tho marriage Of their dauGh-
ter. Alice irwin. 10 Tudor II. T. Tide
mann Va -N'N wi VII A''N'tithFi ~
/ Alex Schutack OF Chesapeake City
was admitted 20 Union Hospital yes
terday. lie had a broken leg while
working on the Chesapeake & Della
ware Canal.
Making d mlsstep. Mrs. Edward II
/ Rowland Of Por; Deposit fell and sus.
tanned painful injuries.
/ Former County COMMISSIONS
! GeorCe Il. Spence is seriously III.
Bayview Gun club VIII have a tral
shooting tournament on Christina
Day a Keim's field.
Fred V. Bourbon. manager OF tn
telephone Office IN Elkton. has beef
transferred 70 Washington and sue
lCeeded here by Frank Fillingame.
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SANTA CLArs At NEWARK.
Children AZ 50. Thomas Episcopal
Church Receive Presents From Him.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Newark. Dcc. q -Chrdren q 81
Thomas Episcopal Church nod the.r
Christmas treat ~ the parish house
met night and n pleasant evening V-as
spent By tho children and no adu.-s
There vas Christmas tree end
George Carter. one ~ ne ves'rvnnen
- the church played ne part n Santa
Claus and passed ont box r.. candy
and an orange. presents trom ne
SCHOOL. % each child DR.. Edgar Jones.
rector % the church, tod several
Christmas stories
The bible that = given each year by
George Dobson ~ the ono bringing IN
tho largest number - new pupi-s n
he Sunday school vas won by Mrs
Thomas SproRle. but ~ her reques-
10 was given 20 her grandson.
Mrs Matte Doteon who has -aken
an active part IN affairs - the church
/ fo- half = century presented he chill
, dren 81 The arst c'ess each with saw
.ngs book.
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SMYRNA MAN BRINGS
DAMAGE SUIT

smyrna, Dec. 23.-The suit in ad-
m.rauty Of Vernon L. Phillips. Jr, Of
- a result Of the loss Of a foot while
working on the steamer West Cape
" the Baltimore steamship Co.. in the
summer OF 1921, was heard before
Judge Rose, In the United States Dis
trict Court. AZ Baltimore. Thursday
and yesterday. Phillips was repre-
scented by Judge Daniel O. Hastings
Of Wilmington. Decision was roscrv-
81
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MRS. JANIS SILVER DEAD.

New Castle. Dec. % Mrs. James
y vet - Red lion. widow % Henri
Silver. died az her home this morning
she was a lifelong res dent o. Red
Hnr s survived be- o. son. william T.
b yer and q daugnfcr. AR. Walton
The funeral sfryice W. DO he'd a.
i"r ia'n residence a. - O'Clock Tues-
dav morning ln'erment W. be lr
CHRIS Presbyterian cemetery
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DIR. John r. Crccdon returned home
yesterday afternoon from Mt. Holly
N. j.. where he had been on business
and brought with him n radio outht
which he installed In his home. The
family fastened in" on several pro-
grams during tho evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Maxwell, OF Fort
Totten. are hero to spend the holidays
with her mother. Mrs. Mary Baker.
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20 Wilmington by the illness OF hcr
sister. Mrs Martha layneld.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baker are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
! of daughter.
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that property you are trying % ra-.
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New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Rocks and So Forth By de Water IF F "

troversy about to be closed, calls attsntios
10 the fact that he never said Kplnx va
not great His whole contention, be points
out. is that Conrad has greatness.
Il never eontended," he writes, shat Coo
rad was as popular or as easy reading a
Kipling. But then. never understoOd popa-
lsrity and facility we're essential to great
ness"
We aren't prepared 10 quarrel any further
with R. c. c. We use this term "greatAess'
with a spurious air Of authority, and VI.
aren't certain that we really understand what
il means We bow the knee IN our own par.
ticular House Of Rimmon, but even in our
most worshipful moments We lack the eogr.
age 10 hail our sacred idols as the True
Gods
Perhaps Il is a mistake 10 read cmotion-
ally Yet that Is the only way We can get
enjoyment out Of literature We're afraid
we read less for the sake Of our brain thaa
for the stimulation Of OR adrenal glands.
For that reason. we think that a. least %
per cent Of greatness lies in the ability to
speak truth comprehensibly to the largest
number Of people.
We can read the New Testament with
reverence and awe. We have never been abls
TO plow through Platos dialogues
Personally, we think that easy reading s
one Of the attributes Of literary greatness
After looking over the above, we aren't pre-
pared TO say that easy writing is another
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

troyersy After all, our attitude concerning
Conrad is only one sample Of q practically
unlimited stock Of depravity. A letter from
Captain Fred C. Neal Of the steamship
Chappaqua has comforted US somewhat.
"a shipmaster myself" Captain Neal
writes, 81 could never understand why
made such bad weather Of IL when reading
his (Conrad's) works. His may be high
class literature, but he Is like a captain who
prepares his ship for long voyage. Water,
stores and fuel are given the strietest
attention An efficient crew is signed on;
the passengers are received on board lines
let co. gangways secured, and down the
channel she goes. A few days out and the
passengers begin 10 grumblc. Whats the
matterT inquiries the captain. You have
excellent food, your quarters are comfort
able. and the ship is clean and fast
"'Truc, replies the spokesman for the
passengers, but there is no piano in your
smoking room; no books in the ships library
and no cards or games in the smoking room;
in a word, you've provided no ensertainment
for u.s.
"Aad that's Conrad Your pipe never goes
out when you read him. The reader grumbles
as he reads Pride forbids him giving the
hook the deep six before completion.
"Conradl Hes a celebrity. Must stick II
out Thank God. only another 1os pages to
goV"
r. c. c., one Of the promoters OF the con-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

-F you buy Gilbert X. chesterton's "The
Man Who Knew Too Much" in the
Pennsylvania Station you can spend
two hours thereafter without reeOi-
leeting once that each minute is bringing
you nearer and nearer Philadelphia. Later
in the day IL is even pleasanter to finish
the volume than sit and consider you arc
going back home. We are the man who
knows that much.
For railway journeys Of two hundred
miles and less we don't know a more salts
factory travelling companion
There are nine stories OF crime in Mr.
Chesterton's book. and not a single arrest.
The tales however, have nothing 10 do with
the New York City Police Department They
concern the adventures Of an idle English
man whose detective ability IS so great
that he has knowledge Of oil facts and
impulses leading up to each crime, yet each
time, for moral, social or political reasons,
let's the criminal 20 free.
They are fine, gripping stories. Mr.. Ches-
)terton seems 10 lift detective literature out
Of the Sunday supplement puzzle slough
into which il has dropped OF late. and TO
elevate it again 10 the heights Of Poe and
the other founders. "The Fad OF the Fisher
man" and one or two others are tales, We
believe, that any author might have been
proud TO write.
There is, after all, formula for most
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

thrust upon him; so he had to make OF
break
We meet him first in that dubious frame
OF mind aforementioned. as second mate Of
The Tanganyika, a transport on duty in the
Near East during the late war. He was
rtudying Personality" by correspondence
course when the Tanganyika sank under his
feet and left him with nothing but his per-
sonalty. Mr.. Spokesly also had been on the
verge OF stepping down out of his class, such
as il was. by a nefArious alliance with the
steward in a little opium smuggling deal
but the opium and the steward went TO the
bottom with the ship; Mr.. spOkesly came
clean.
Thus stripped, he began a new life inyol-
UNFAIRLY. He fell in love. hopelesslv and
blindly in love, with beautiful tiqer-cat Of
Greek girl; and perforee he took another
billet in n trading vessel, the Kalkis. owned
Dy LeFantine adventurer. The Kalkis was
better school OF character than the trans
port. because it ran all the risks Of war
with none Of the glory Just so .Eyanthia
solaris served better for the same purpose
than any good woman could have done. Good
women do not expect very much of a man.
They excuse his failures, eosset his weak
nesses; they take him "for better. for
worse" Evanthia expected everything,
claimed it as Of right. Fail, and her kind
will find some one else who can succeed. Mr..
Spokesley had to make good or lose her. He
did both, as matter Of fact; but, anyway,
he had his hour; and he learned what he
could ha had %
was truly heroic. being largely disinterested.
Evanthia was only using him TO take her to
another man; and because he knew that and
let himself be used for love. taking what he
could get but not bargaining. he was for
once in his life not cheap. He was a eoekney
sailorman cast for the role Of Tristan. and,
even with faithless Isolde, he himself kept
faith. And he "did not regret II was some
thing achieved, something that would be part
OF him forever" One perceives that, after
all, he was wortL the ink and paper.
This ia the virtue Of William McFee as
writer: that he can extract the elements Of
beauty from the low-grade ore Of common
life. He brings reinsurance and quiekcns
the sense Of wonder. He sees every living
creature as a separate phenomenon, some
thing worth pondering and plying and even
worth saving. lie believes that men have
souls. Even the Lcvantine trader has one
and finds it in the love Of an English wife.
Romance Is tho uuaccustomcd.
Also for heFec the visible world exists
He manages to put before you clear though
fhlftias panorama Of that extremely mixed
AID eanfu1ing scene which the junction Of
Egro7a and Afii presents. In that strange
blr' 'a.r- 20 -irmour cd scnalor he Is aware
30 - both
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
'COmnand''
By Isabel Paterson

COMMAND. BY william MeFes. Doubleday
Page a Co.
RIGINALITY is a diaieult thing TO
( define. Even genius must learn arm
~ from its predecessors. But the
greater the genius the less il will
acknowledge its masters in any overt way;
and one test OF originality is in conceal
ment Of its origins. Therefore, one may
novel, "Casuals Of the Sea-" was palpably
modelled on II. G. Wells, the Wells who wrote
"Tono-Bungay." His later ones show the in
flucnee Of Conrad in every line. Neverthe-
less, il requires a considerable talent to
stand in two such heightened shadows and
not be dwarfed into obsurdity. And hr. Nc
Fee is neither absurd or servile lie needed
n form and a style and he adopted the best
he could see, the best his times afforded.
Also they suited his personal requirements.
Like his predecessors. he is perplexed by
life lie does not know quite what il is all
about, and is too honest TO pretend he does
by 'reshaping IL into neat plots and phrases.
All he can say is that it is q strange and
wonderful business. and that human beings
would be incredible IL they weren't true;
so he sets them down truly, and one believes
in his people because or their very impos-
sibility. The impossibility l mean is that
they are singularly Intellectual, made up Of
warring elements, just as we know ourselves
70 be. They don't know what to make Of them
selves no more than we do, and their creator
does not attempt to make anything Of them
excepting what they are. He views them
through romantic atmosphere, certainly,
but that also Is reasonable, because he Is
romantic He can't help that either.
Take Reginald spokesly, the nominal hero
Of Command" He is a very unheroie figure,
By the way. At first one resents having to
take him at all Intrinsically he does not
seem to be worth the ink and paper. A very
cheap bounder, Mr SpOkesly. The author
of his being calls him "Mr." throughout; Of
malice, one suspects. So Mr.. Spokesly al
ways thought Of himself, be sure, in a
bounderish attempt at personal dignity. 1t
was his rating as second mate; it elevated
him above the common herd believe il is
seafaring usage, by the way, based on
sound psychological axiom, to prevent the
contempt Of familiarity in a situation where
discipline must be maintained against the
odds Of close contact, and familiarity would
be fatal to getting the work in hand done.
Behind this adventitious and acquired
mask Of dignity Mr.. spokesly, in spite Of a
generous eoneeit Of himself. was not at all
Sure Of his own eapabilitiea The story shows
him finding the necessary assurance in the
way that most Of Us find It, II We ever End
u at all. That IN By having reaponsibility
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

such literary gatherings as the dinners Of tAs
Omar Khayyam Club. although as an after.
dinner speaker he is beginning now to rest
upon his laurels.
Whatever may be ones private opinion Of
the Bolshevk government, there can be no
doubt that Il has rendered a great service to
literature By the prompt publication OF the
Dostoeysky MSS. discovered among the Rus
sian state archives. These include "Stavro-
gins Confession" Can unpublished chapter Of
THE Possessed" omitted at the request Of
katkov, the editor Of the paper in which the
novel appeared serially) and the plan Of an
unwritten novel called "The Life Of Great
Sinner" with various critical and explanatory
notes in Dostoevsky's hand. An admirable
English translation Of these important doeu-
ments has now been made by Mr.. S. S. Kotehi-
ansky and Mrs. Virginia Wool, and Is pub
hshed here by the HOgarth Press
MT Gordon Bottomley Is a poet who fol-
lows his own road with singular-and praise
"0r'ny-indiherenee to the changes Of liter
airy fashion His manner and outlook have
peen out Of date for so long that the tims
may be coming very soon when they will re-
gain their vogue
me new volume Of Mr.. Bottomley's poetry
which hessrs. Constable announce for publ
eauon IN December will ba entitled "a
VISION OF Giorgione; Three Variations on Z
venetian Theme" The book will consist Oi
three eelogues called. respectively, "A Con-
Ger. OF GiorgiOne," "A Pastoral Of GioRi-
one, and The Lady Of GiorEione." The 6rst
OF these-its title refers. presumably, to the
famous picture in the Pitti at Florence-is
now appearing In England for the first tine
oot the other two were included in an earlier
volume called "The Gate Of Smaragdus'
Which is now out Of print. The whole Sc
quenee has been revised and added 20 for
tne Forthcoming edition. Mr. Bottomleys
nabn Of issuing fifty special copies Of bis
Looks signed and numbered BY the author
and bound In gold and white, has long en-
deared him to the hearts OF bibliophiles
Ihere VIII be the usual fifty special copies
Of "A Vision Of cIOrxiOne."
Mr.. Hilaire Belloc has done 50 many dif-
ferent things and done them all 50 brilliant,
" thaf the attention which IL would other.
WISE undoubtedly have gained has to a great
extent been distracted from his poetry. Yet
70 my mind at all events. It Is as a poet
that his name has the best chance Of going
down to posterity. Whether he feels this
himself or not l do not know, but in any
case he has now prepared volume contain,
ing all his verse which he wishes 70 pre-
serve. and Mr.. DuekwOrth will issue . -
time for Christmas.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10


M general election some time in
i y November, the chances Of a sue
eessful autumn publishing season
have considerably diminished. An election
is usually held to be the worst thing that
can happen in the book trade. which is
always highly sensitive TO current events.
However, at the moment. the publishers. at
all events. are buying MSS. One large firm
OF agents, with a big connection in the
United States, has placed all the "Wild
West fiction it has to offer, and is now
making contracts for books. which the New
York publishers do not expect to bring out
before next summer. Much has been written
about the difficulties Of the young writer:
but at present, despite the popularity Of
American "open-air" stories, there is more
demand in London for MSS which reach
reasonable standard of literary merit than
our authors, young or old, seem able to
supply. The result is that the publishers
compete with one another, and the promising
tyrO does we'll
have just been studying list, compiled
from information given by the leading Lon
don book shops. Of the seasons "best sellers"
They are nearly all BY well-known and
established" novelists. for whose works the
book sellers have been accustomed TO give
large advance orders. The following are the
first ten, I'M order Of popularity: yrhis
Freedom" BY A s. N. hutchinson; "The
Tale Of Triona," by W. J. Locke: December
Love-" by Robert Hiehens; "Lilian," By
Arnold Bennett; "ovington's Bank" By
Stanley Weyman; THE Glimpsss Of the
MO0n." By Edith wharton; The Cathedral
by Hugh walpole; "The Enchanted April"
by the author Of elizabeth and Her German
GArden;" "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis, and
"Piraey," by Michel Arien The newest
nance here are those Of Sinclair Lewis and
Michael Arlen. Michael Arlen Is a young
Armenian Of considerable brillianee, par
tieulariy as writer Of short stories with
a May fair setting.
Mr. Augustine Birrell is preparing dcini-
tive edition Of his essays which MeSSrA- ]. N.
Dent Sons, Ltd, will issue shortly, IN three
volumes. Most Of the eighty-sevcn essays
which he has chosen from his published writ
ings for Inclusion in the edition arc on liter
ary topics. Although over seventy, Mr. Blr-
rell still contributes essays and rcyiews-to
"The Nation and AthenRum" and other perl
odieals-whieh have all the old ineisivensss
and charm and he ia lrn.-n...ll.. a.. l.. ..... "A
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

detective stories: first, the crime; then, sus-
pieion attached 10 each Of the entirely
innocent characters in turn: finally, appre-
hension and conviction of the most obviously
innocent person in the book. Things don't
happen that way in life. but then. realism is
NO part OF detective fiction. Sherlock Holmes
is no more human than Conan Doyle's heaven
is correct from the point OF view Of celestial
topography. We don't pose as an authority on
either detectives or archAngels, but that is
our opinion.
Nh Chcsterton's book is. like all his work,
cluttcrcd up with paradoxes and contradie-
tions. They serve real purpose by keeping
you from following the exciting trail Of his
story so rapidly that you skip. Instead,
when you stub your toe over something like:
"ue is q brilliant and successful journalist.
But for all that he is an honorable man, so
you must not tell him the truth" When you
bump into such remarks as: III you had
motive for numbering. you probably didn't
murder But II you hadn't any motive. why,
then you probably did" you wonder with
some concern whether you're going crazy.
b. the time you have satisfied yourself that
you aren't, the impulse to skip ahead to the
climax has spent It's force.
Considering the number OF hitherto un-
touched subjects about which we can fight with
our eustomers. IL seems about time to declare
closed season on the Conrad-Kipling con-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
London News Letter
By Douglas Goldring

oW that there is the prospect Ot
a general election some time in
November, the chances Of a sue
eessful autumn publishing season
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

R. C. c., one of the promoters of the con.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

COMMAND. BY william MeFee. DOubled
Paeo a Co.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

= F you buy Gilbert X. chesterton's THE
Man Who Knew Too Much" in the
Pennsylvania Station you can spend