The Washington herald., 1922-01-08

tells perhaps Tor the trSt time
willing but anxious to speed the q
The third chapter. called Main
Street-Plymouth. Mass" and done
after Sinclair Lewis. most wildly
gives US the atmosphere which en-
quilted the Pilgrim fathers on the
eventful morning OF their landing:
1920.
Late autumn.
The sour. liver-colored shores OF
America.
Breaking waves dashing too high
on a stern and rockbound coast.
Woods tossing giant branches
planlessly against a stormy sky.
Cape Cod Bay-wet and full of
goldfish The codhsh-wet and full
Of bones"
In some mysterious fashion
Mencken and George Jean Nathan
get into this chapter. but the au-
thor makes them appear quite at
home.
We can't quote from all the chap
ters-there are nine-but we must
call attention to those we regard
as most significant. These are
The Courtship OF Miles Standish,
after F. Scott Fitzgerald: The
Whisky Rebellion" in the bedtime
story manner of Thornton W. Bur-
gress. and How Love Came to Gen
eral Grant" as Harold Bell Wright
might have written it, In the lat
ter occurs this description of the
effect on a vulgar crowd of curious
persons produced by one look at
Miss Ella Flowers. the heroine Of
the piece:
"A hush fell on the crowd as they
caught sight of her face-a hush
of silent tribute to the clear. sweet
womanhood of that pure counte-
nance. A young man on the edge
OF the crowd who was on the verge
Of becoming a drunkard burst into
tears and walked rapidly away to
ioIn the nearest church. A prosti-
tute who had been plying her ne
farious trade on the avenue, sank
to her knees to pray for strength
%, 90 back to her aged parents on
the farm. Another young man,
catching sight of Elias pure face,
\ vowed to write home to his old
mother and send her the money
he had been expanding in the city
on drinks and dissipation"
"A Parody Outline Of History
IL a rare book The parodies are
almost as good as those in Max
Beerbohm's Christmas Garland
and Mr.. Stewards stories in them
selves are to us more amusing than
IN. incompatible Max's. Herb Roth.
with his illustrations, contributes
no small share to the general hilar-
ity Of the book. H. II. r
scnimneysmoke.- by Christopher
Morley. George H. Doran Coz
Lyrics for Households of Two
or More" Is the subtitle OF this COL
lection of Mr.. Morley's verse: the
book is well named. For Mr.. Nor
ley not only has considerable power
as q lyrist, but he has a charming
appreciation born Of intimate
knowledge, Of the problems and the
Joys Of those households Of two
or more" Most OF the verses in
this volume have been published
before. although some are new. The
book is delightfully."- illustrated by
Thomas Fogarty, and Is apparently
especially designed as q gift-book-
As samples of its charming con-
! tents We quote the following:
The Cedar Chest.
Her mind is like her cedar chest
wherein In quietness do rest
The wistful dreamings of her heart
In fragrant folds all laid apart
There. put away IN springs OF
rhyme
Until her nfe's full blossom-time
| F1utter dixie tremuIous little birds)
Her small and sweet maternal words
Secret Laughter.
Il had a secret laughter"
Walter de la Mare.
There Is a secret laughter
That often comes to me,
And though I go about my work
As humble as can be, !
There Is no prince or prelate
envy-no. not one
No evil can befall me
By God, I have q son!
Fifty Years q Journalist by
Melville z. Stone. Doubleday.
Page & Coz
To the ordinary reader of news,
papers the Associated Press, in its
Amazing efficiency, is merely ma
chine for news gathering. That is
what Melville Stone set out to
make II, and no newspaper reader
needs to be told that he was sue
l,.l W. d.