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The New York herald., 1922-03-19

NUMBER s7.-By Harrington Hext.
The Macmillan Company.
"HE game of guessing as to
the identity behind a pseu.
donym is usually Of small
interest. Generally it doesn't really
matter. But in this case it is worth
while, because the book itself is Of
unusual interest and Importance.
both as literature and as a highly
suggestive tract for the times, and
because the authors possibly implf-
Gated are personages of the first
rank. Further, it is an intrinsically
interesting problem in literary analy.
sis. The publishers are amply JUS
titled in calling it the work of an
experienced raftsman"-indeed. IL
is from the hand OF a master crafts.
man In the handling of a plot and
the orderly development of a big
idea. There is no reason to doubt
the further assertion that sthou-
sands of readers have admired the
books issued under his real names
If it is not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
or, conceivably, even Wells-some
excessively clever Englishman has
been hiding a bright light under a
capacious bushel.
That one may plausibly attribute
it to such widely differing writer's as
Wells and Doyle is of itself sug.
gestive. The thought of the book
and it is deeply thoughtful essay.
is Wellsian; in fact, the central ideas
are Wells. almost to a 7. There are
even passages that closely parallel
bits OF some of Wells's recent work.
But there are also divergences.
which, however, might be reconciled.
On the other hand, the manner Of
the book, its style, sentence struc-
ture and, above all, its lack of humor
and the rigidity of it are emphati-
cally not Wells. But even here one
cannot be too positive. The style is,
after all, not SO very far from that
of some of Wells's earlier fantastic
yarns. such as the "war of the
Worlds" How far is it possible for
a writer to divest himself, for a pur.
pose, of his graces of manner, the
strongly personal quality of his ex-
preston and even the eccentric
quirks of thought? One hesitates to
say that anything is impossible to
the Protean Wells. Nevertheless the
weight of evidence is against Wells
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
CHILDREN OF THE MARKET
PLACE. BY Edgar Lee Masters.
The Macmillan Company.
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE

PLACE. BY Edgar Lee Masters.
The Macmillan Company.
A BOOK may be marked By
~ serious shortcomings and
yet possess an element of
greatness that dominates everything
else and remains as the final impress
sion in the readers mind. Such a
book is Edgar Lee Masters's new
novel, Children of the Market
Place" One cannot but wish that it
were different in some respects, more
pulled together, more clearly nodded
in one form or the other, and yet
one cannot but be grateful for the
spirit that produced it and made it
just what it is. And literary his
tory seems TO show that. in the end,
it is the spirit that survives rather
than the form.
The book is puzzling in many
ways. 1t begins in the present tense,
and one suspects it of being a sort of
diary. Soon, however, one realizes
that, after all, the imaginary nara
tor deals retrospectively with the
events related, and after q while
this fact is properly indicated by the
tense, although relapses occur. Such
a confusion is common in other lam
guages. but does not work well in
English. Yet Mr.. Masters's book
does not suffer much in the total i'm
preston from what many would de-
The New York herald., 1922-03-19


women in ENTHUSIASTICALLY and
Abigail, Zoe and Isabel-come to our
minds as more real than do such
figures as Captain Grant" and MA
jor Sherman" But turn the COM
parison another way, and they fade
into seeming unreality beside the
compelling figure of Stephen Doug
las, the little giant who in his
own day seemed so vastly more i'm
portant and powerful than Lincoln,
and who, to our time. lives chiefly
as the man who opposed and was de-
feated by that very same Lincoln.
Mr.. Masters's novel, If novel it
can be called. is above everything
else a study of Douglas. and as such
il is not only able and fascinating.
but strangely timely as a corrective
to the study OF dominant personages
still alive and active. 1t is a study
made with loving heart and hand
dictated, perhaps, by a suspicion
that Douglas on many points may
have been more right than those
who were held in the right not only
by his contemporaries but by those
looking back at him from the safe
distance of many decades. 1t is
study that never falls into a parti-
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

Madeleine. OF an alluring loveiiness,
with a dark. sleek little head, a Ian
guorous appeal, heart of cold
shrewdness instead of feeling. A
girl whom men go mad over and who
likes it for the thrill ii brings her
Trooper believes she will marry him,
but Vioiette is in no hurry. Fate
may turn up with something better.
There is no reason for haste.
In this section of France there is
a curious tangle OF religions. There
are the Catholics and the Protest
ants. And there is a group known as
the Dissenters. Catholic descendants
of the old royaIists, who followed
their priests In fighting for their
kings, and after they were crushed
refused to join with those Catholics
who had given in to the new Gov
ernment, and thus made a sect by
themselves Groups of them still
remained in the lowlands OF the
Vendee. 1t was to this sect that
Madeleine and Corbier belonged. And
there was a disgrace attached TO
marrying either o Catholic or Prot
estant which only youthful passion
had the strength to face. yiolette
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

DIR. Minnie Floyd left yesterday morn.
ing for Kirksyille.
c. II. Early of Ceniralia was in Colum.
bia yesterday on business. 80.
Mrs. Scott Jacobs, lis West Broadway
went to Springfield yesterday to visit her
son.
E. NJ. Bridges, l6l4 Bass avenue, went
to Fayette yesterday afternoon on a short
business trip.
X. H. Cowan went to his home in Beth.
any this morning and will spend the
weekend there.
John N. Johnson Of Macon, who has
been visiting in Columbia, returned to
his home yesterday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ivan Brown 500 McBaine
avenue, left for Clinton yesterday for a
visit with relatives.
Madelyn Settle, who is employed by the
NJ. NJ. Perkins Real Estate Co., left for
her home in New Franklin yesterday.
Mrs. June and Miss Anna Fellows,
who have been visiting in Columbia, re-
turned to their home in St. Louis yester-
day.
W. G. Wilkins, who has been in Co
lumbia the last few days on business,
returned to his home in Mexico yesterday
afternoon.
ID. c. Duncan, Of Boonville, spent yes.
terday transacting business in Columbia.
Russell Holloway went to Mexico yes
ierday on business.
Miss Alta Soderstrom of Pawhuska,
Okla, returned to her home last night,
having spent the last three weeks visiting
Mrs. ". T. Stephenson.
Miss Virginia McCinnis, who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Father.
ton for several days returned to her home
in Bowling Green this morning.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
CENTRALIA FIRM HANDLES
284 CARS OF LIVE STOCK
Producers Grain Co. May Increase
CapitalizatiOn-Paid Farmers
$336,467.26 Last Year.

The Producers Grain Co. Of Centralia
is planning a meeting for Thursday
April q. for the purpose Of increasing
lis capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000
This will enable the firm to do business
on a more extensive scale.
The Producers Grain Co. is a coop.
eratiye elevator and warehouse owned by
240 stockholders, mostly farmers near
Centralia. lis affairs are controlled by
seven directors elected by the siockhold-
ers.
In 1921 the company handled 284 cars
of live stock, g. cars Of feed and coal
and 90 cars of grain. Farmers around
Ceniralia received S336, 6,467.26 for live
stock. The total sales for the year, in
cluding grain. feed, coal and fertilizer,
amounted to Sl3O.226.l5. The firm does
great deal of business with the Farm
ers' Live Stock Commission Co. in ST.
Louis. having shipped seventy ears there
since its Inauguration.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
Make a Comparison

Why do you decry, belittle and abuse
the plumber and the plumbing
business?
Do you know right now of anything
in your home that is as essential to your
health, comfort and cleanliness as your
bathroom? Do you know Of anything
in your home that costs so little to main.
tain in first class serxiceable condition? :?
Figure up how much in repairs your
plumbing has actually cost you during a
term Of years, not the cost arising from
abuse and misuse, but the cost arising
from inferior work or parts Of the sys-
TEN wearing out. Then compare that
to the cost Of your other upkeep ex-
penses, as your furnace, your painting,
rugs, house cleaning, draperies, auiomo-
bile. etc. You will find that your have
nothing that has cost you so little as
your plumbing.
Tho effort Of the entire plumbing trade
as individuals and as a whole is to give
you good material and good service.
We will convince you Of our sincerity
On any work you may trust to us. Inside
work can be attended to now better than
later in the season. Phone 9O6.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Arthur Wyeth went to Mexico I

! Arthur Wyeth went to Mexico thi
morning.
NJ. ]. Foeller left yesterday for St
Louis, where he will spend few days.
Warwick Benedict left for his home il
Kansas City this morning and will spene
the weekend there.
Miss Virginia Swain left today for Kan
sas City where she will spend the week
end with her parents.
Miss Betty Campbell left today fol
Kansas City after spending a week at the
Kappa Alpha Theta house.
| NJ. r. Murray of the Office of the Veier
ans Bureau has gone on business trip
TO Hannibal and Louisiana.
Kenneth NJ. Lander, go College ave.
nue., left for Sedalia yesterday afternoon
to visit his mother. He will return to-
morrow.
Misses Angeline Beasley, Caroline
Collins and Betty Campbell who have
been visiting at the Kappa Alpha Theta
left this morning.
Miss Arthusa Edwards of Ceniralia,
who has been visiting her brother and
sister, students in the University, has re-.
turned to her home.
W.. ]. Christian has been forced to
leave the University on account Of
trouble with his eyes. He left for his
home in Ellington yesterday afternoon.
II. A.. Richardson, SIS south sixth
street. a student in the University, left
last night for his home in Forest City
being called there by the death Of his
aunt, Mrs. A. ]. Lyons.
William J. Christian, vocational stu
dent in the College of Agriculture, has
dropped his training and left today for
his home at Ellington. Mr.. Christian will
return for the spring and summer semes-
iers.
Louis Houck, a student in the Univer-
sity, who has been i'll of pneumonia at
his home in Shelbina for the last two
weeks, is somewhat recovered now and
is expected to be back in school in a
short time. He lives at the Knights Of
Columbus Student Home.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
Among thg People Of Boone County
ShaW

Clarence Pigg and his entire family
are reported to be very i'll with influ
enza.
Miss Mary Belle Bright was the guesl
, Of Miss Rose Marie Northcutt Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. 7. Smith Of Steph.
ems, who have been i'll with influenza,
are said to be better.
Miss Annie Stewart of Murry is the
guest of Mrs. May Stewart and Mrs.
Robert Northcuit this week.
The registered Hereford calf belong.
ing to L. L. Hart weighed 1850 pounds
the day it was a year old.
Old settlers of the community say
that renters are having more trouble
getting farms this year than ever before.
Jim Dickerson of Stephens has a new
wood-sawing outfit. He demonstrated its
efficiency by the quick work he did at
the home Of E. w. Mosely Tuesday.
Miss Nicholson of Stephens opened
her school at Carter Monday. School
had been suspended for three weeks be-
cause of scarlet fever in the district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Northcutt have
bought twenty-five acres Of the Lewis
Scott farm. They moved to their new
home Tuesday. Hulen Truiit of Steph-
ems moved to the Northcuit farm.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
HaHSpM

Mrs. Ann Roberts has been i'll, but
now improving.
Mitchell Daugherty Of Columbia spen
Sunday with his parents here.
Mrs. Charles Quisenberry and Mrs. 7
j. Mock are III with influenza.
ID. N. Hall and Lee Jones of CoIum
bia were in IIallsyille Sunday.
Miss Lois Roberts was the guest O
friends and relatives in Columbia Sun
day.
Irwin Jones and family of Columbis
spent Sunday in Hallsville with rela
tives.
Russell Crews and wife spent a few
days last week near Shaw visiting rela
tiyes.
Mrs. ]. H. Hamilton has returned
home after a visit Of several days in Co
lumbia.
Miss Helen Barnes has returned after
visit with her uncle, Newell Stone. OF
Columbia
John Coons has been i'll for some time
Searcy Robinson was in Centralia Fri.
day on business.
Forest Davenport and sister returned
home Sunday after visiting Mrs. Mary
Farthing of Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Velton Caldwell and
children were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Pemberton.
Mrs. VI. ii. Brink has been visiting
her daughter. Mrs. E. F. Elliot of Mex
leo. for the last month";
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Quisenberry and
Francis Quisenberry were the guests of
Miss Ethel Pigg in Columbia Sunday.
Miss Jewell Austene. who is attend.
ing the University Of Missouri, spent
Sunday with her father, ]. J. Austene.
Miss Madge Berry, accompanied by
Miss Andrews of Fayetie, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Ber.
ry.
Misses Martha Elkin, Gertrude Jones
and Pearl Dennis visited Miss Ida
May Jones of Columbea over the week
end.
Miss Mildred Morgenthaler Of Colum-
bia spent the weekend with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. William Morgen-
thaler.
Misses Bessie Lee and Lillian Nichols
Of Howard Payne College spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. o. F.
Nichols.
Miss Alta Jones returned to her home
in Hallsville after short visit with her
grandmother, Mrs. W. W. Tucker, in
Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bration enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Ewens and
children with birthday dinner Sunday.
The day was the birthday Of Mrs. Brat
ton and Mrs. Ewens.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
McBaiue

Miss Leola Crindstaff was shopping
in Columbia Wednesday.
]. H. Belcher of Huntsdale was here
on business Wednesday.
]. d. Carrard Of Columbia visited ].
C.. Carrard and family Sunday.
The farm Of G. L. Williamson is oc-
cupied by Mr.. Forsee Of Ashland.
Miss Eugie Sappington of Columbia
is visiting her father, !. C. Sappingion,
this week.
Beverly Nichols is moving from Nc.
Baine to Homer Crooks farm near Tur-
ner Station.
Henry Powers is moving from the F..
]. Douglass farm to the property Of G.
E. Crindstaffs, east Of McBaine.
Miss Alma Setback, stenographer for
the McBaine Dairy Co. was in Colum-
bia Tuesday and Wednesday on bust
ness.
The McBaine Dairy Co. is piping wa
ter to the residences of ]. A. Cilpin, A.
NJ. Thornton, George Butler, and J. A.
Reed this week.
W. A. Hall and daughter, Miss Leona
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
C. W. YRHLE PRAISES CITY
MaFyyille Merchant Atimires Co.
lumbia ala Its InstitutioAs.

lumbia ald Its InstitutioAs.
c. W. Yeh1e Of Maryville is visiting
his son. Ralph. . student q. the Univers-
ity. who is in the hospital with inau.
enza.s Ralph is q member Of The track
team and his student activities have had
much to do with the interest which his
father has in the University Of Missouri
His father is a merchant and is inter-
esied in civic affairs in his home town.
Nothing is too good for Columbia, :
said Mr.. Yehle. Il find that my son
had unusually good care in Parker
Memorial Hospital here and after study
Of the hospital situation in Columbia il
pleases me 10 to know that the univers-
iiy is to have new state hospital and q
full medical course.
1T seems to me that the Columbia
Commercial Cub should set aside lib.
eral amount Of money each year to let
the citizens of the state know what Co
lumbia activities are in caring for the
University Of Missouri and the students
enrolled. Il Columbia needs any help
from time to time, il should notify the
different community centers and feel
confident that the citizens Of the state
Of Missouri would readily respond. Ii is
a revelation to a person who makes his
first visit to Columbia TO see the splen-
did educational institutions and the
many constructive things that have to
be done from time to time and the way
they are being handled" !
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
ENGINEERS EXAMINE COAL
Quality of Fuel Makes Citizens Pay
Twice Its Value.


Few people realize how much they
really pay for coal. This is how ii hap.
pens. Coal is composed Of three ele-
ments: moisture, which all coal con.
tains in about the same percentage, COM
busiibles, or that part Of the coal tha,
actually burns and gives off heat. and
ash. or minerals, which will moi burn,
and is simply waste matter.
Several samples Of coal bought by
Fulton citizens had an ash content of
as much as AZ per cent. This means
that these citizens paid almost twice as
much for their coal as it was worth, be-
cause they paid the same price as others
who got better coal.
The School of Engineering maintains
laboratory for the examination of coal.
The coal is pulverized and then analyzed
by means of delicate instruments made
for this purpose.
The University now pays $3.50 a ton
for its coal, which contains 81 per cent
of cOmbustible material.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
CentyaHa

Frank Denton is teaching in the place
Of Miss Simmons this week.
John L. Henry Of Columbia visited his
father. Jim Henry, last Sunday.
Miss Margaret Webb Of Moberly was
the weekend guest Of Miss Mary Leper
Misses Frances Bruion. Orene Fage
and Frances Neale were Columbia Wis
iiOrs Monday.
Morton PembertOn has returned home
from his lecture tour with the Inde-
pendent Lyceum Co.
The W. G. T. u. will meet at the
home Of Mrs. ]. Nj. Boyle. Mrs. James
Campbell is the leader.
Misses Mary Elizabeth Brown and
Frances Jennings gave a program at as
sembly Thursday morning.
Miss Simmons has entered the Des
Moines hospital, where her brother is
a surgeon, to receive treatment
G. c. Beatty sold his news stand Tues
day to W. H. Zumwalt Of Clarence.
Possession will be given April l.
Mrs. David Hulen, Miss Arlene Nc
Causland and Miss Orene Fagg enter
tanned with line party Tuesday even
ing.
Miss Wilma Fordyce had as dinner
guests Tuesday evening Misses Nancy
Outright, Elizabeth Stone and Helen
Early.
Some of the Ceniralians who are III
with colds and influenza are Virgil HUI
len, Esther Wisman and Mrs. W. o. Ba.
ker and son, Lawrence.
'Ye Old New England Choir" the
second number of the Lyceum Course.
will be given in the high school audi
torium tomorrow evening.
Mrs. John Bagby entertained with a
spring luncheon Monday. The out of
town guests were Mrs. Maud Jones and
Mrs. Charlie Green Of Moberly.
John Northcutt and son have returned
from San Antonio, Tex. where they
have been spending the winter months
on account Of the latier's health.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
PARKER MEMORIAL

PARKER MEMORIAL
Paul Shaw, 6O6 Sanford place, is at
the Parker Memorial Hospital with the
mumps.
OthO Duncan, 9l3 Locust street, Ed
ward Hudson, 1000 Maryland place, Jean
Taylor, l3 Allen place, Jack Boyd, 142l
Wilson avenue, were admitted today {;
Thomas Muir, 8O3 Elm street, Laura
Cose. Martha Overstreet, 1914 Hinkson
avenue, David Kopplin, 30l Waugh
street and Nance Lee Dedman, SOC Lyons
street. were admitted today with mild
cases of influenza.
Carl Irwin, T. ID. L. Mabry, Jack
Shelley and Laura Elliott were dis
charged.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
]. G.. MADDEN is HONORED
NJ. U. Rhodes Scholar Admitted to
Society of LincOln's Inn.

John C. Madden, former student in
the University, now a Rhodes scholar At
Oxford University. England, has bee !,
admitted as student of the Society Of
Lincoln's Inn, London, in recognition Of
his scholastic atiainmenis. Madden is
the son of Terrence ]. Madden Of Kan
sas City and is graduate of Westport
High School He entered Wadham Col.
lege. Oxford, in October. 1920. as a
Rhodes scholar from the University Of
Missouri. He is 2l years old.
Under this appointment, Madden will
be permitted TO take examinations lead
ing TO admission TO the English bar. The
four Inns Of Court. of which Lincoln's
Inn is one, are historic bodies dating
from medieval times. They control ad-
missions to the bar.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09

ence. He was one of the FIRST Chinese
students to come to America and is well
known in the United States. The judges
are: John Dewey, professor Of philos-
ophy at Columbia University; Robert
McElroy Edwards. professor Of Ameri-
can history at Princeton Uliversity, and
Paul S. Reinsch, American minister to
China, l9l3-l9l9, and present counselor
TO the Chinese government
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
Harg Missionary Circle to Meet.

The Missionary Circle will meet at the
Oliver Church at Harg this afternoon
After a II o'clock luncheon there will
be a program which will consist of two
talks. One talk will be on ''The Influ-
ence of Christian Life in the Commu
nifty" Mrs. ]. J. Phillips, county pres
ident of the Missionary Circle. will talk
on national. state and county organiza-
ton work.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE News

The college specials will give dinner
Saturday night in the college dining
room.
Mary Mildred Keller has returned to
Columbia after spending the weekend
at her home in St. Louis.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09

Hall, of Columbia were in McBaine
Sunday visiting Mr.. Halls daughter.
Mrs. Arch Taylor. who is quite ILL.,.
T. F. Armstrong and his son, A. B.
Armstrong, of Columbia were in Nc
Baine Tuesday and Wednesday oversee
ing the beginning Of the spring work on
their bottom farms.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
Fairview Community Club TO Meet

Prof. Essie Heyle will speak before the
Community Club of Faiyiew at 7:3O
o'clock tomorrow evening on Relative
Food Values" A musical program will
be given preceding the lecture. Follow
ing the program final arrangements for
the organization Of the community club
will be drawn up.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
LITERARY PRIZE is OFFERED
Winner Of Essay Contest on Far
Eastern Topic to Get $500.

Admiral Tsai Ting-san, through the
magazine "Asia." is offering a prize of
5000 for the best essay on the sub
ject, International Justice for China"
The contest is open to undergraduates of
any nationality in all American colleges
and universities. The essays should not
be longer than $500 words. Manuscripts
must be mailed to reach the office of
Asia by May Is. The award of the
prize will be announced in the August
issue of the magazine.
Admiral Tsai Ting-san. who has Of
fered the prize, was one of the Chinese
delegation at the Washington Confer
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
AT THE HOSPITALS
BOONE COUNTY

Mrs. Nina Mahan, 8l4 Sandifer street,
is seriously i'll at the Boone County
Hospital. Her case is being diagnosed
and she probably will be operated on.
She was taken to the hospital this morn
ing.
Mrs. Lois Watkins, 1929 Ross street, is
also sick at the hospital.
Matthew Salisbury, 236 Greenwood
avenue. was discharged from the hospital
yesterday.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
WINDOW OF EATS

The Laura Evans class will have a
window sale of good things TO eat, Sat-
urday, March llth, at the Water and
Light Office on Broadway.-Adv.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
STEPHENS COLLEGE NOTEs

Miss Mary Patterson has gone to her
home in Sedalia. She was called home
because of illness in the family.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-09
WANTED TO BUY TODAY

Good Secondhand Furniture, Stoves,
Rugs, Etc. Phone for our buyer and get
the highest price. Phone 238-red. Hughes
Furniture Co.