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The New York herald., 1922-02-12

Importance OF Being Dada. In this
he gives his creed. Nothing is great
er than anything else is what the
Dada believes, and this is the first
sign of hope the artist at least can
discover in the meaningless impor-
tance which has been invested in the
term Art. 1t shows best of all that
art is to betalSe itself on it's own way
olandly. despite the wish of its so
ardent supporters and suppressors.
1 am greatly relieved as an artist to
find ont that there is at least one
tenet / can hold to in my experience
as useful or useless human being.
have always said for myself have
no office, no obligations, no other
mission" dreadfulest of all words,
than TO find out the quality of humor
that exists in experience. or life as
i have always felt the underlying
fatality of habit in appreciating. be-
cause / have felt and now actually
more than ever in my existence the
fatality of habit indulged i'll by the
artist"
Marsden Hartiey's Judgment of his
contemporaries seems unlimited by
personal prejudice. He pats too
many nonentities on the back. He is
at his best In vaIuing those who are
beyond the reach of his flattery or
his blame. What he says OF Winslow
Homer is worth repeating: His imi-
tators will never arrive at his Sc
Terity, because they are not flint Yam
kee. They have not the hard head
and snappy tongue. It was Yankee
crabbedness that gave Homer his
grip on the idea he had 'in-n1ind.
Florida lent a softer tone to what
Maine rocks could not give him. He
is American from skin to skeleton
and a leader among Yankee as we'll
as American geniuses. He probably
hated as much as Thoreau and in his
steely way admired as much. It-was
fire from the fiintlock in them both,
though nature had far softer and
loftier persuasion with the Concord
philosopher and naturalist"
One of the best chapters is On the
red man. lie sees the Indian from
new angle and says of him: "As
Americans we should accept the one
American genius We possess with
genuine alacrity. We have upon our
own soil something to show the
world as our own while it lives. To
restrict the red man now would send
him to an unrighteous oblivion. He
has at least two contributions to con-
fer, very aristocratic notion of re-
ligion and superb gift for stylistic
expression. He is the living artist
in our midst, and we need not think
of him as merely the anthropologieal
variation or as an archaeological di-
version merely"
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
MARYA ZATURENSKY.

''Footfalls," Wilbur Daniel Steele's
story of blind cobbler, which was
selected by the o. Henry memorial
prize committee of the Society of
Arts and Sciences as one of the fif-
teen best stories by American au-
thors published in American maga.
zines during 1920 and reprinted in
the o. Henry memorial volume for
the year, has been dramatized for
motion picture production.
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A d V en- t ure S
In t h e A r t S

ADVENTURES ~ FHE ARTS. By
Marsden Hartley. Eoni & Iiveright.
Mr.. HAp"LEY has n right to
MI consider himself a spokes-
AfA man for modern art. He
saus his book Informal Chapters on
Paisters, Vaudeville ard Poets" He
has not taken his book seriously. It
:s made up oc articles from various
periodicals.. He handicaps his book
by Including an introduction ny Wal
10 Frank. This afrerwurd is on the
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Three Books of Poems

The clash OF knights armor in tour
nament
All coming TO a climax OF subway
clamoring in tunnels.
These lines place ALcA1mon's poetry
much better than any comment.
II.
Zona Gale has evidently kept il a
secret that she is writer Of ex-
quisite verse as well as a novelist Of
rank. Her new book Of poetry, '"The
Secret Way" contains verse OF un-
usual quality. The title poem, full OF
beautiful lines as it is, shows the
influence Of Rosetti. Miss Gale has
experimental in all forms but she
reaches her most characteristic
beauty in simple. quiet poems like
"Old Talk" "3fagic" or such beauti-
3ul things in the sonnet form as
Last Night 1 Dreamed l Saw My
Mother Young" When Did Spring
Die?" and Wonder" or the 'Bafade
Of Old Perfumes"
Spring, let me hay my head
Where the wild season sings
Some dead girls heart from her.
o young heart ages dead!
Old odors thrill mute strings
The old odors that we're
Nard and mint and myirh.
A very charming and unusual
group OF songs are the little verses
called "In Arvia's Room" Miss Gale
writes poem for Arvia's cradle. her
ccnb of ivory, her candlestick, her
telephone, her looking glass, her
bookshelf. The most quotable is to
her cflimneyplace:
am the causeway to upper places.
That the fire understands.
I am the link with everything uu-
spoken
How we'll ] warm your hands.
Call sweetness into being,
Let it live In me,
The seed. the soil. the sun and
Work with authority.
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III.

"Down Here the Hawthorn" along
with some really good things. has far
too much of the irritatingly pleasant
verse that bores you because it Is
neither bad nor good. Thomas Moult
writes poems in all forms and they
all contain felicitouS lines, happy
turns OF expression and fine word
ing. But he says little that has not
been said q thousand times and said
as well il not better. He is fond of
using obsolete poetic" expressions
very irritating to the American ear.
such rs "iusf carpcting of flowers"
"bosky delP and the like. In his
poems TO Chayah, however, he
strikes n vivid, sincere note OF pas
sion.
This is one of the finest of the
group. 1t has the charm of u poem
b. CrashaW or Donne:.
She lifts her face
70 none
But TO the sun.
She has won
The suns grace.
Sweet she is,
With the kiss
Of days wind driven.
Like red
Leafed tulip tree
OF winter She
Is to me
As ! come
Sweeping with power.
And the high
LXultance of sky
tnd earth I
Claim her my flower.
Through time that was.
Through time untold,
Her heart / hold,
Though suns burn cold,
And the wind pass.
MARYA ZATURENSkY
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

TFBR1 now and then d critic
n, pops Up to ask Where is the
poetic renaissance that was
cried up only a few years ago?"
Echo answers "Where?" Lindsay
is repeating himself, Masters brings
out deadly dull epics. Amy Lowell is
stirl the same, neither better nor
worse.
Meanwhile volumes are turned out,
as they always will be turned out, in
the elegant. approved classic forms
Books OF free verse are causing less
and less discussion; it is only unfor-
tunate that of late very little that is
striking or novel has justified use OF
that liberated meter.
Robert AIcAlmon, formerly of
Greenwich Village. and now of Eng
land. tries TO bring back the old
shocked thrills Of the early days of
the gers HbTe movements in "Ex-
plorations." It is an interesting book.
wholly free from pretty lyrics that
taltalize Us with the suggestion that
the author could do better things If
only he had that little something
more which distinguished real poetry
from pretty verse.
He is brutally sensitive to words
and sounds; he challenges all the
poets of rose gardens, wine and tha
old gods. Now and then he strikes
out in a violent mood, then his zeal
overcomes. him and he falls TO the
ground. In q poem he calls Frenzy"
ne raves thus against the cozy Eng
lisll custom of exchanging ideas
across Afternoon Tea:
Ny Christi One cannot forever let time,
Youth and strength
Break their clear skin and lovely bones
On the high pitch of tedium, Il
Crunble among the teacups
Dust dead where ideas stampede
Towards granite walls of fact.
This Is rousing, but, as the title
suggests, the very idea of thought
crashing among the teacups drives
him wild. He ends the poem thus:
Open the door and let me go
Out somewhere to find white frenzy.
Swirling and madly lashing
Somewhere to kill the pale anelnia of
va-il1arDocc
In the heat of mere lustful passion.
blazing!
Really, this frenzy deserves bet
ter antagonist than afternoon teal
In poems like stations" he
reaches a delicate, clear beauty.
There is real wit and poetry OF
sort in the scandalous Versailles
Guide" "Firefly Guide" should win
all lovers of poetry. There are other
pieces in the book which are free
from eccentricity, yet original in
conception. One of the Ioveliest is
"To a Dancer:
Your movement is AN invocation
To much that has been sealed with
sacred thought.
The gestures OF woman who wept at
the sepulchre.
Have been caught static in your still
ness.
Probably the most beautiful poem
in the book is the long ''To-day's
Music" Lines like these really de-
serve quotation:
The lighted cities ran ahead of him
Like slender golden lizards basking in
the moonlight.
So many years the moon. too We'll
known,
Had irled him for being no exotic
moon.
Tonight he would compose music,
Free music for the soul, the intellect
Not honey In the listeners ear,
The dolorous drip of hearts,
The sob OF bass violins,
Catguts moaning mindless sorrow.
The pipes Of goatherds on Atlienian
hills,
Slim girls chanting for religious cere-
monies
And dancing love in their limbs where
worship should be,
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

~ IR FREDERICK TREVES has
had much practice in writing
of travel in historic regions.
His present topic calls out all his best
gifts. lie has a keen sense OF the
pageantry of history. ze describes
q corner OF the world where life has
always been picturesque. Even the
CT We woman of Mentone wore brace
lets, although they were merely of
Shells From her time on the Riviera
has been a land of adornment. It's
history contains much fighting, but
pleasure is the motif of the country
Sir Frederick notes one popularity
Of the region. He says: ''The vim
ter in the north is symbolic of the
closing days of life and of the weari-
ness of old age, for the world has
then become cold. dark and cheer
less, as well as indifferent and pos
sibly unkind. The summer in the
south is in its turn the symbol of the
end of the pageant of youth. The
gardens are faded and parched up.
tine flowers are withered and dead,
the grass is q waste OF arid brown.
the fountains are dry and the very
earth is cracked with thirst. The
verdi, spent and painting. has sunk
into a drGgged sleep Ike a man ex-
hausted by a fever. The days of
rigtous living have come 10 III end,
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

A small house.
a large garden,
A few dear friends,
And many books.
A LII men and women are divided,
IA says Mr.. Smythe, into two
classes-the city minded,
aud folks. This is q book for folks
who love the land by instinct and
who live in cities by i'll luck. Such
persons as dream over seed cata-
iogues at this season Of the year will
find this book more somniferent than
a whole stack OF catalogues.
All the elements of n generous
living are within the reach of the
home a-garden foll1-not only
within their reach. but subject to
their secure control. Regardless of
railroad rates, middlemen's charges
and fluctuations in the value of the
dollar. They are available. too, at
cost; which means, as Ge have seen,
cent quart for a superior quality
Of milk. two cents a pound for honey,
The land is part OF the gar
den home, costing no more. and pos
sibly less. than that paid for a
canned home in city apartments
that sort of homo that appropriately
accompanies Il diet of canned vege-
tables, fruit, milk and meat. The
labor is the loving. enthusiastic and
interesting labor OF the whole family
In spare hours, with it's grateful ex
preston of individual initiative and
its valuable lessons in efficiency and
self-reliance. These things represent
long steps toward genuine freedom"
There are chapters on gardens, and
poultry. bees, rabbits and goats which
which no profiteer can get, whose
tactical fluid Is the elixir OF life. Ducks
and squads also march across the
scene, bearing a banner inscribed
God Bless Our Home. a noble pa
geant, vending il way along the
sunset clouds far above the reach OF
common man, who sits on a stool and
gazes across the roofs and pent-
houses OF New York. Beyond the
sunset, perhaps, there might be some
such happy land, and sure enough, so
there is. In California it is done
with vast success. The clerk and the
draughtsman, the mechanic, and
even the book reviewer, 60 home at
night and dig in the Girt and squirt a
hose. and go III the back door with
handfuls OF things to eat. There Is
such a Utopia actually operating in
this country, and slowly spreading
eastward. MIR. Smythe is propagan-
dizing to make it spread faster. He
wants the national Government to
halp-a little with money but mostly
with leadership and organization.
To be u success the project needs to
be organized a whole community ut
u time-an not by real estate specu-
lators-so that the homeruaker shall
not be Isolated in a waste of tin cans
or shooed off by outra geous costs.
4 great vision, this, of new possibl-
bilities OF life, inspiring or absurd,
according as one standard of~values
is expressed in terms of vine and fig
tree OF of champagne ard fig leaf.
one thing is certain, America Is a
place where visions have q way OF
becoming real; perhaps this is one Of
thcm.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
Mr.. Masefield as
a Play wright

ESTHER AND BERENICE. Two
Plays. BY John Maseneld The
Macmillan Company.
A S Mr.. Masefield explains IN his
~ preface. these adaptations OF
AA Racine were made for the
use Of little company Of comedy
players who wished 20 try their art
in verse plays and found few poetical
plays in English which were pre-
ciseIy suited to their needs. The
stage upon which this company of
players performs measures 11x13
feet, so that no big production is
possible. Circumstances compel irreg-
ularity in cast attendance and have
made il impossible to produce plays
with many men east. They wanted
plays in verse which were of the
theater, that could be done with few
properties and no scenery, with small
casts. from six 70 nine persons.
Since the French classical tragedies
seemed To offer the founda tions
needed these two pieces evolved.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
The COrniche Road

THE RIVIERA OF THE CORNICHE
ROAD. BY Sir Frederick Treves,
Bart. Funk & Wagnalls Company.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

BY Robert Meal
mon. Esotist Press.
THE SECRET WAY. BY Zona Gallo
The Macmillan Company.
DOWN HERE THE HAWTHORN.
j. Thomas Moult. George II. Doran
Co.
I.
"FESl now and then critic
n, pops Up to ask where is the
poetic renaissance that was
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
City Homes On
Country Lanes

cry HOMES ON COUNTRY LANES.
by William E. Snlythe. The Macmii-
ian Company.
A small house,
A large garden,
A few dear friends,
And many books.
A LII men and women are divided,
IA says MIR. Snythe, into two
classes-the city minded,
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
~ = u IBGg11
oncAM
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE STATE FEDERATION OF cLUss

lection by Mrs. George Cox. reading
by Miss Lorraine Tuttle and a violin
number by Miss Harvey.
A program of more than ordinary
interest will be presented at the Os-
born Woman's club Wednesday after
noon when Mrs. John A. Messenger
will give a talk on Society in the
South Seas" Mrs. Messenger spent
several months last fall in the in
scribe and will exhibit many fas-
cinating articles and quaint novelties
she secured there. The program will
be in charge of Mrs. George Barney
while the reception and house com
mittee will include Mrs. G. NJ. Dow
ney and Mrs. Charles Aune. The
hostesses VIII be Mrs. r. n. More j.
head, Mrs. S. Maloney. Mrs. F. c.
Miller, Mrs. j. b. Maris. Mrs. A. w.
Liefgreen, Mrs. Mary Logic and Mrs.
Ella Lameres.
The Business and Professional Wo-
mans club is planning a delightful
dance Saturday evening at the Wo-
mans club. The ticket sale is in
charge of Mrs. F. A. Weage.
In commemoration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the founding Of
the National Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teacher Associations, the
High Schooi Parent Teacher Asso.
citation will present a well arranged
program at 1915 o'clock Thursday
afternoon in the west wing of the
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

high school auditorium. This being
also the month for observance Of
child welfare. this i1ea will be en-
phasized in the program which will
not only be open to the members
of the association but anyone in
terested in the work A social hour
will be enjoyed after the following
numbers are presented:
Address: The National Congress
Of Mothers and Parent Teachers AS
sociations. Mrs NJ. r. Phelps.
Bar-bell Drill--Physical Training
Department. Freshman Girls. (Miss
Armstrong class.)
Three minute talk What the Girls
Reserve are doing. Miss Eleanor
Wilkinson.
Three minute tallt-What our Boy
Scouts are doing. Boy Scout (se-
lected).
Song-Hiawatha Lullabye, Heald.
Girls Glee Club, p. L. ii. S.
Social Hour,-Refreshmen
Under the auspices OF the civics
education department. the Woman's
club will give a Colonial dance at the
club house Friday evening. The event
is attracting wide attention among
the juniors as well as many members
of the club set who have signified
their intention of being present.
The Music Department of the Wo-
mns club held a very interesting
meeting on Friday afternoon. Mrs.
G. c. Curry, chairman of the day,
read most entertaining paper on
American women composers, includ-
ing among others Mrs. II. E. A. Beach,
Jessie Laynor. Carrie Jacobs Bond,
Catherine Glen, Mary Turner Falter
and Bertha Weber.
Cunning little Kenilworth kinder
gsrtners under the leadership of Miss
Hazel Soule sang Jack Frost and
The Little Shoemaker" by Jessie
Gaynor and Neidlinger's Hide and
Seek with the Moon"
Mrs. Daviu LilIpaitz played two
charming numbers by Bertha Weber,
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

Melody in D. and Caprice Sylvan"
The soloist of the afternoon. Mrs.
Norman Morrison sang splendidly
Serenity" by Mary Turner Salter.
Catherine Glen's beautiful Twilight,
and the old though never hackneved
End of a Perfect Day" by Carrie
Jacobs Bond Mrs. Blanche p
Runyoh furnished piano accompani-
ments. Tea was served by Mrs. r.
+. Kyle and Mrs. McMullin pouring.
The college club had an interesting
program Wednesday when Colonel
James H. McChntock. state historian
gave a talk on Spanish Missions and
Missionaries and Mrs. Raymond Bat
tin sang a group of Indian songs.
The club is making arrangements for
a luncheon March 4.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

A. w. Newton, Mrs. NJ. E. Gibson,
Mrs Webb HultZ. Mrs. Eugene
D'Allemond, Mrs. Arnold Blumen-
thai Mrs II. n. Smith. Miss Ruth
kolberg. Miss Grace Gibson and Miss
Dorothy Hultz.
Charming Fasteners
Honor Dinner Guest
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy III. Lawrence
made Miss Elizabeth Melis of Grand
Rapids the incentive for a dinner
Wednesday evemng at their home on
North Central Avenue. Carnations
combined with valentines in deco
ration suggestive Of the season
There were present Miss Melis. Mr..
and Mrs Fred Blair Townsend. Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Thornton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Tharpe, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Alsap. Mrs. Lester Ruffner, Mrs.
MabelIe Redewill and Mrs. Helen
Boyle Haworth.
viii Spend Spring
Here With Sister
Miss Louise Antrim OF Cleveland is
a recent arrival who will spend the
spring months in Phoenix the guest
of her sister. Mrs. w. S. Norviel-
Will Be Guest
OF Corbin Davidson
Miss Miriam Davidson. who has
been attending a smart finishing
school on the west coast is expected
here shortly to spend a week as
the guest of the Corbin Davidsons
before going east for the spring and
summer seasons. The Davidsons are
looking forward to visit from Mrs.
Joseph Sontag of Los Angeles the
latter part of March.
Is Host At Dinner
At Country Club
John Rinker Kibbey gave clever
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
The Earl T. HazeIetts
Entertain Tucson Guests

Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Mckinney
and Mrs. John Martin returned to
Tucson Tuesday after several days
stay in town the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Il. Hazelett. The McEl-
hineys will visit here later in the
season on their way to New York
where they will spend the late spring
months.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Mrs. A. o. Mcdonald
Week. End Visitor

Mrs. A. d. Mcdonald spent the
week end here en- route for New
York after delightful few weeks
in San Francisco. Mrs Mcdonald,
who is the wife of the vice president
of the Southern Pacific railroad was
the guest of her sister. Mrs. E. A.
Mcdonald while in Phoenix. Among
the events given in her honor was a
luncheon at the San Marcos.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
School Girls Have
Merry "Stas" Party

Eighteen pretty girls dressed as
boys enjoyed a stag" party recently
at the home of Miss Pearl Edelman.
The decorations carried out the VAL
entine suggestion and were unusually
effective. Miss Edelman is a well
liked member of the junior set and
her guest list was made up largely
of school girl friends.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Bridge Luncheon an
Attractive Event Of Week

Mrs. George Mintz gave a brldge
luncheon Friday that was one of the
particularly attractive events of the
gay week. A pink color scheme was
used in decoration, the tone being ex
pressed in carnations. Mrs. Avery
Corpstein assisted her mother in re-
ceiving. Nine tables were present.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Dainty Luncheon
Compliments fastener.

Mrs. Guy H. Lawrence gave a de-
lightful luncheon at the San Marcos
at Chandler Tuesday as a compli-
ment to her guest Miss Elizabeth
Melis of Grand Rapids. In the pasy
besides Miss Melis were Mrs. Lester
Ruffner of Prescott, Mrs George
Judson and Mrs. John Alsap.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Charming Fasteners
Incentives for Bridqe

Miss Verona Marquard and Miss
Olivia Marquard of Cleveland were
guests of honor at charmingly ar
ranged bridge given by Mrs. Sanford
Denny Tuesday evening. Carna-
tions and ferns combined in an ef-
fective decoration. -Four tables were
present.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Valentine Dinner Given
By Mr.. and Mrs. John AIsap

Mr.. and Mrs. John Alsap gave a
Valentine dinner last evening at their
apartment at the Suncourt. Their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Guy II.
Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. H NJ. Thorn
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hall. Mrs.
Lester Rnffner of Prescott and Miss
Elizabeth Melis of Grand Rapids.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Copenhagen Visitor
Is Guest Mt Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. b. 3. Mccall were
recent dinner hosts in compliment to
Mrs. Ivan Bjerredahl of Copenhagen.
Cut flowers decorated effectively.
Those there besides the guest of
honor were Captain and Mrs. j. w
Crenshaw, Mrs. J. II. Eames. Mrs
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Popular Local Girl
Leaves For the Coast

Miss Ruth Lawrence who left
Thursday for Los Angeles where she
will reside permanently was the mo-
tif for a number Of charming affairs
before her departure for the coas..
Miss Alice Norton and Miss Dorothy
DaylSin gave prettily planned VAL
entine dinner in her honor while an
otner charming courtesy extended the
popular girl was a dinner at the
Adams followed by a theater party
at the Elks. Miss Marion Jackson
presiding over the event Miss Law
rencc is an exceptionally clever gir!
who will be greatly missed by her
legion of friends. She has many tai
ents and while best known as a
reader. has recognized ability as a
dance student and a writer of poetry.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
viii Spend Remainder
Of Season With Sister

Mrs. A. A. Gibeaut arrived from
j Angeles yesterday and will spend
the remainder of the season here the
guest of her sister. Mrs. Harry S.
Robertson of West Willetta street.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
Prescott Visitors
Guests of ]. M. Aiken

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Johns were
arrivals of Friday from Prescott who
will spend a fortnight in town the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Aitken
of West Adams street.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

G. p. Samson of winslow, eight
guests enjoying the event.
Enter aims In Honor
OF Mrs. David 7. Davis
Mrs. Edward +. Parker presided
over a charmingly arranged luncheon
Tuesday in honor of Mrs. David T.
Davis OF Findlay. Ohio. Rose colored
cyclamen. mistletoe and bitter sweet
combined in artistic decoration while
roses Candles added to the effect,
Covers were laid for Mrs. Davis, Mrs.
John Longan, Mrs. William o.
Sweek, Mrs. Henry Stoever, Mrs.
Lester Byron. Mrs. j. w. Doris
Mrs. Sidney Boddinghouse, Mrs Will
liam Harrison Lewis, Mrs James
Stafford and Mrs c. o. Ellis.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
VIII BE Guests
At House Party

Lewis left Friday for ST Augustine
where they will be among the guests
at house party given by Mr.. and
Mrs Laurence Lewis. From there
they will go to White Sulphur Springs
for a fortnight with the Thornton
I.ewises. going later to New York
where they will remain indefinitely.