davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Newark journal., 1922-06-08
WHAT CHA SAY

The less they wear the more 1t
 costs; The more it costs the less they
 wear; And we don't know what the
 answer Is, But its got to stop somewhere. LIFE IN THREE WORDS Stop, look, listen! ''
 The reflective man stopped to read the railroad warning. Those three words illus trate the whole scheme of life. " said he.
 How ?"
 You see a pretty girl; you stop; you look: after you mar " her you listen"
The Newark journal., 1922-06-08
BOY IS INJURED

Newport, June Ray mond, aged 12, son of MT. and
 Mrs. F. T. Ray of Newport, re- eeived flesh wound in the right hand by the explosion of a pistol cartridge, accidentally placed in rubbish heap which had been set fire to by the boy.
The Newark journal., 1922-06-08
BE CAREFUL

Better be safe than sorry. Do not take reckless chances.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

mined and sweetly profane, with an
enduring taste for gumdrops and
swiftly passing fancies for attrac-
tive young men. She is Rosalind
OF This Side OF Paradise" seen
through slightly older and less ro-
mantle eyes; she is the girl of the
Off Shore Pirate portrayed at full
length with a more careful treat
ment of light and shade and more
conscious accumulation of detail.
Born in Kansas City, Mo-, OF Bill
phist mother and father engaged in
the celluloid business, she has been
brought to her twenty third year in
surroundings of inescapable yul-
garity. She has the wit to perceive
that there is something tawdry in
her prettiness; she has not the in
nate perception OF form which
would have allowed her to become
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

boredom, and Richard Caramel. u
bulgy young novelist, with one
brown and one topaz eye, who is
destined before he is 50 to have
written a number OF utterly Silly
novels which lie will believe to be
wise.
Comes then into his life one
Gloria-as Mr.. Fitzgerald with a
recently acquired fondness for the
D. W. Griffith order Of words might
we'll Say-"Coast to Coast Gloria" !"
she OF the bobbed hair and the
many sounding kisses. with lips car.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

effort, even of the intellect, nnrea
s0nable. Anthony is, when he is
presented to us, man aware that
there could be no honor and yet had
honor, who knew the sophistry OF
courage and yet was brave" Later,
it is true, he turns out to be an ar
rant coward on occasion and dis.
ports himself most dishonorably.
OF irony he never either in the be.
ginning nor at the end achieves
more than a passing glimpse.
As matter of fact, Anthony
Comstock Patch is rather futile
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

beautiful 1t has obviously been
within Mr.. Fitzgerald's intention to
give her touch of that immemorial
loveliness which is in Donna Rita
despite her peasant origin, sug.
gestion of that power to drive young
men wild which was Zuleika Dob
sons for all her rococo vulgarity.
He has allowed her a sensitiyenes5
to sensuous impressions, more
delicate perception than might be
expected from a flapper with a past
so monotonous in its promiscuity
Gloria has the hard and solitary
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

stirred from his carefully composed
calm and for a while Mr.. Fitzgerald
returns to his earlier moods to man
age their meetings with romance.
"Oh, for him there was no
doubt. lie had arisen and paced
the floor in sheer ecstasy. That
such a girl should be; should
poise curled in a corner of the
couch like a swallow newly
landed from clean, swift fight,
watching him with inscrutable
eyes. He would stop his pacing
and, half shy each time at first.
drop his arm around her and find
her kiss.
"She was fascinating. he told
her. He had never met any one
like her before. He besought her
iauntily but earnestly to send him
away; he didn't want to fall in
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

ment in the Fifties of New York
trying to prove that an American
can live idly and gracefully on
seven thousand a year. He is awak-
ened each morning by a frayed
English servant with the exquis.
itely appropriate name of Bounds;
he arises to bathe in his mirrored
and crimson carpeted bathroom; he
arranges his impeccable toilet and
saunters forth to SAVIOR life effort
lessiy. He pays hasty and unwilling
visits to his grandfather, Adam J.
Patch, once known as a financier
who had risen by none too credit
able means, now as ref0rmer em-
ploying retinue of paid moralists.
He loafs and invites his soul with
two friends-Maury Noble, ;mper-
turbably feline, self-consciously SUI
perior, animated by an undisguised
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

VIII OF q child and
a child's petulance
and vanity. Spoiled,
contemptuous, will
ful, she feels pa
I b e t | C a II that
S 0 m e W h e I e her
beauty might have
had its due: here
5 h Q M n S t { a K e
whatever adulation
comes her way, nor
as il the admirer
be second rate or
worse. The book
belongs to her as
the earlier volume
belonged to Amory
Blaine. Not be-
cause she is the
more vivid charac-
ter than Anthony
but because she is
more vividly ina g.
ined. more consist
e II v presented.
There is something
about him that sug-
gests that he has
been made ont of
too many and too
discordant bits of
observation, Ii k e
the philosophy OF
VILLA Blake,
which, as T. S.
Eliot S ay s. was
made out of the
odds and ends he
happened to find in
his pocket.
At their first
contact Anthony is
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

Ill.
They marry and Mr.. Fitzgerald
takes up his theme in earnest. he
Is prepared to show that this dis
integration OF a young man who.
for all his lack of illusion, cannot
bear the contact with life. OF a girs
who for all her hardness OF hesrs
cannot gracefully survive the pass
ing of her first youth.
The middle portions of the book
are at once too long and too hur-
ried. That is. incidents are pre-
sented diverting in themselves
which have no bearing on the
theme. And in those places where
the material presented is essential
to the story, the deductions made
are too violent, tie transitions too
abrupt. One is hardly prepared
that Anthony should, even under
the influence OF Gloria. his own idle
ness and a diminishing income.
turn so quickly from his pleasant
nonchalance to so consistent dip
somania. Gloria's beauty fades out
and her nerves wear thin at a
strangely carly age.
Yet, taken as a whole, it seems to
me that the book represents both
in plan and execution an advance
on This Side of Paradise" II,
stylistically speaking, it is not SO
we'll written, neither is it so care
lessly written. The minor charac
ters are admirably foreshortened;
the criticism applied to them seems
at times unfortunately Menckeniau,
the art through which they are
shown often comes too close to bur
lesque. The alcoholic interlades
are, If frequent, agreeably heady.
The humor with which the quarreis
of Gloria and Anthony are touched,
the satirie description of army life
in Southern conscript camp, An
thongs adventures in bond selling
are exceilently done. with skill and
a fine zest and whips adroitly Ap-
piled.
In order to arrive at those Qual-
tiles in Scott Fitzgerald which are
valuable il may not be improbable
to compare him with an English
man like Aldous Huxley. Both are
of an age and both have a gift OF
wit and phantasy, an eye for the
absurdities OF their contemporaries.
Huxley has erudition, rich knoul-
edge OF contemporary literature.
taste even when dealing with the
indecencies or life, the attitude OF
the philosopher even in contemplat-
ing a SOW and her litter of pigs.
But he is exceedingly weary, his
grace is that of man well bred but
tired. Whereas Fitzgerald is at
the moment OF announcing the
meaninglessness OF life magnih-
Gently alive. His ideas are too
often treated like paper crackers.
things TO make a gay and pretty
noise with and then be cast aside:
he is frequently at the mercy OF
words with which he has only
nodding acquaintance; his aesthe-
tics are faulty; his literary taste is
at times extremely bad. The chap
ter labeled Symposium" pictori-
ally good, does not seem clearly
thought out OF burdened with wis
dom. The episode entitled "Flash
Back in Paradise" might, except for
its wit, have been conceived in ths
mind OF scenario writer. Bus
these are flaws OF vGlgarity ia ops
who is awkward with his ew2
trfoenr JnrJS- ryxr AZ II rwaTrn.rx
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

young man with a
pallid skin and
dark polished hair,
shy enough in his
extreme youth. to
have spent his time
among many books
without deriving
from them either
erudition or rich
ness of mind. 1t is
his inherent lazi-
ness rather than a
fine S k e p t C | s III
which prevents him
from ever accom-
plishing more than
q single precious
essay toward his
lu m e on the
Renaissance Popes.
It is his uxorious-
ness which makes
of him a pathetic
adjunct to the more
vivid Gloria, the
thinness OF his
zest for life which
makes him turn,
more q II ii m ore
thirstily, toward al
cohoi. Sophisticat-
ed. he is constantly
|. under the illusion
that he is rather
superior in intellect
and character to
the persons about
him; disillusioned,
he is at the mercy
of circumstances.
In 1913 he is
living in an apart
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
TABLE OF CONTENT

Page
Mr.. Fitzgerald Sees the Flapper Through.
A Survey by John Pealc Bishop -
Col. Repngton in Modified Indiscretion.
Survey by Louis A. Springer 49, 2
The New York That Was: Seen Through
Great Store. By Arthur Bartlett Maurice 3
What Are the Great Detective Stories, and
Why? BY Arthur B. Reeve, creator of
Craig Kennedy" Observation-Disclosures. 4
The Americanization of Edwin Bjorkrnan.
BY Richard Burton -. s
Knut Hsmsun Returns. BY Edwin Bjorkman. 6
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

rrOWEVER barren may have
been the wise and their old
wisdoms, Scott Fitzgerald, at
the time when he was writing This
Side OF Paradise" found ample COM
fort in the doings Of feck.ess and
brave hearted young. Amory
Blaine, like another Playb0y, went
romaneing through a foolish world,
kissing innumerable girls between
o'clock and midnight, drinking
wittily with his fellows from mid
night until the milkman brought up
the dawn, discarding old loves and
dead leIiefs like brisk young
snake, who every month might
slough off his dry shell for a new
shining green skin. Even the
breaking of his heart was sound
to be listened to and enjoyed like
the rest. Mr.. Fitzgerald has in the
meanwhile lost none of his alertness
in observing the manners and
speech of his contemporaries, but
he no longer finds any great pleas.
IRE in the American scene. Life
it seems is now meaningless: the
beautiful are damned: the glamour
he once saw was only a gauze cur
tain lowered before the stage to
conceal the fact that those twilight
nymphs were. after all, only middle
aged chorus ladies.
Anthony Patch, who succeeds
Amory Blaine as figure through
whom Mr. Fitzgerald may write of
himself, is when THE Beautiful
and Damned" opens %, and il is
already two years "slnce irony, the
Holy Ghost of this later day" has.
theoretically at least, descended
upon him. Irony was the final
polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab
of the clothes brush, sort of in.
tellectual ''rhere!'-yet at the brink
of this story he has as yet gone no
further than the conscious stage
Since the younger generation. as
they are commonly called, began
finding publishers and appearing on
lecture platforms, this word irony
has been heard with such frequency
that I have begun to wonder just
what these young men mean by it.
Mr.. Fitzgerald inyokes it, and
Stephen Vincent Benet inscribes it
on all his gay banners, and even
Donald Ogden Stewart is frequently
heard to murmur 1t between whacks
with his buffoon's bladder. And l
am a little confused, for clearly they
do not mean that faculty which al
lows one to smile appreciatively
when Ira gedy enters wearing pro-
pitious mask and speaking equivo-
cal phrases. Their irony is not that
good counsellor of Anatole France,
who, in smiling, renders life a
thing to be loved the more, who
rails neither at love nor beauty,
who teaches us to mock liars and
fools, which we should, without her,
be feeble enough to hate. AS say,
am a little uncertain just what
these young men mean when they
hold themselves TO speak ironically.
For they have not that superb de
tachment which would allow them
10 expose the littlenesS of their char
acters without ever seeming them.
selves to rush in with a measuring
rod, their mockery is not dispas-
sionately gay, they cannot allow
circumstances TO slaughter their
heroes without applying dagger
or two with their own hands.
II.
With Mr.. Fitzgerald, If one is to
Judge by his latest book, he means
to say that Anthony has found out
that life is purposeless. beauty in
no way allied with the truth. all
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

The Whispering Gallery. BY Donald Adams.
Chronicle and Comment .',.t...'.'.'''tt
Authors Works and Their Ways. ........-.
The World of Letters as Others See IT,.
The Book Factory By Edward Anthony.
New Fiction in Varied Forms ........ Io-Ir-I2
Literary Pilgrimages at Home and Abroad.
ii. Embankment Chambers. where Kipling
Lived as "The Man From Nowhere. ...... "a
Books of the Week. .............. Il
Various Currents Of Religious Thought -. IS
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

With Mr.. Fitzgerald, if one is to
Judge by his latest book, he means
to say that Anthony has found out
that life is purposeless. beauty in
no way allied with the truth, all
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

love. He wasn't coming to see her
any more = already she had
haunted too many of his ways.
what delicious romance. His
true reaction was neither fear nor
sorrow-only this deep delight ia
being with her that colored the
banality of his words and made
the mawkish seem sad and the
posturing seem wise"
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Mr. Fitzgerald Sees the Flapper Through

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED.
BY L. Scott Fitzgerald. Charles
Scsibners Sons.
rrOWEVER barren may have
been the wise and their old
,,;c.lo,ca Cooyt L,;t,oaraIJ Of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

We are glad to see the attendance
In Bible school stand above 100 the
last two Sundays. We should have
large attendance Easter, The
children and young people will give
missionary program and an Of
fering for the benevolence depart
ment will be given. Children. don't
forget your offering for the orphans
and old people.
Mrs. Tremaine of Iuka, Kansas,
mother of Stella Tremaine, who is
a missionary IN Nanking, China. was
a visitor last Sunday. We are GER
tainly pleased to have her with us
as we so much interested in Miss
Stella.
The program committee are very
busy on an Easter program.
The White Sale and food sale was
well attended Saturday and every
thing was sold except one quilt.
About $50 was realized. We will
soon have new carpet in the church
now.
The Young People enjoyed a So
cial at tbs ctprck Tuesday evening
given by the c. L.
The Womans Missionary Society
enjoyed a profitable meeting at the
home of Mrs. Coons last Thursday,
when we studied of the Philippine
Islands. Jamaica and Porto Rico.
Please remember the special Easter
Thank offering for this week. On
ly one more meeting before the
State Convention at Chickasha and
only two more in this year. let us
do our best to reach the require
ments for the honor roll.
The intermediate Moys had two
new boys Sunday, making a class
of ten.
Mrs. Helen Barby and Doris Car
rol were with us Sunday.
We were thankful to Mrs. Mans
field for remembering us for the
White Sale.
The four from the Loyal Women's
class who took the examination on
Personal Evangelism received their
diplomas this week.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
NORTH FORK
tomitted Last Week.

The Sunshine Glass social was held
at the S. d. Guy home last Saturday
night. The committee to entertain
were Amelia Michel, Warren Marshal
and Ben Madison. They furnished
many games and April Fool stunts
which everyone enjoyed very much.
Luncheon of fruit salad, cake, cookies
and cocoa was served. Everyone re-
turned home at late hour thanking
the committe for their pleasant time.
Arthur Williams of Forgan spent
Saturday night at the Messner home.
l.. NJ. Bowden and family and Willis
Byrd and family were visitors at 1. G.
Hilderbrand's Sunday.
She Sunshine Glass play which was
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
READ THIS

Hermon Rosen, advertising manager
for Sears. Roebuck & Co.. is quoted in
the current number of the Fourth Es-
tate as follows;
There is not paper of any conse-
quence in our trade territory that our
bureau does not get. This bureau looks
over these papers. and when we find .
town where the merchants are not ad-
vertising in the local papers. we inn
mediately flood the territory with our
literature. !, always brings results
far in exeess Of the same effort put
forth in territory where the local mer-
chants are using the local papers. :"
Nuf sed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
W. C T. U. CONVENTION

The W G, T. U. group meeting was
held at Knowles, March "a. 1929.
Laverne, Buffalo and Knowles
Unions were represented May and
Gate failed TO send delegates. Meet
/ ing opened at 10 o'clock m. with de-
votionals by Mrs. Whitmarss, Knowles.
Mrs -Givens, Beaver county president,
had charge of the meeting, assisted by
Mrs David, of Oklahoma City.
Keynote of the meeting vas law en-
forcement. The diff, rent Unions
gave in their reports all showing what
excellent work had been done the past
year. An especially interesting report
was given by the Buffalo Union show
ing how they were standing by their
under-sherif in his attempt to clean
out the bootleggers. How they visit
ed the court while in session and show
ed the authorities they were with them
in any attempt at law enforcement.
The morning session closed by sing
ing 'Noontide Hour" and the delegates
adjourned to the NJ E. church where
dinner was served by the Knowles
Union. The afternoon session began
at 80 and business was continued
Layerne Union sang song and the
intermediate department. OF tn e
Knowles school gave song followed
by t, temperance yell, all of which was
appreciated. A "three minute speech"
contest was held in the afternoon, the
contestants were Mrs. Baird. Willet t
Bandy, Simmons. Hull and Patent.
The contest was won by Mrs. Hull of
Knowles, who was given the servic e
card. awarded by the state. the ladies'
also gave her the white ribbon salute.
Buffalo and Laverne Unions extend
ed invitations for the group meeting
next year. Supper was served at tn e
NJ. f. church to which all the town
was invited.
Mrs. David began her lecture at Z 80
to good sized and spprecistive audi
! ence. She made IL clear that the diff
ferent Unions would have their work
cut out Tor them in the following
months to keep the eighteenth amend
ment what it lie and not so amended
that beer and light wines may walk in
and whisky sneak in. Any town who
lie not supporting w, c. T. u. should
get busy and organize at once and be
ready to fight this deal at the polls
and fight it,thoroughly and intelligent
! ly. Should anyone want help in or
gsnizing, write to w. @ T, U. head
quarters or the Beaver county presi
{ dent. Mrs. Givens, Knowles, and / am
sure she will be glad to help, but get
into the work, Th-re is much to do
and not enough Unions in Beaver
county.
Publicity Committee.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

given at the community building was
a grand success, The proceeds, made
clear Of expense. was s25.0o.
Miss Pearl Ginsman of Dover is Wis.
iting in the homes OF her brothers.
Lloyd and Riley.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
ENDEAvos SOCIAL

About thirty young people enjoyed
the social given by the Endeavor at
the Presbyterian church Tuesday even
ing. Refreshments we're served and a'
fine time enjoyed by all.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

Miss Mary B. Hanly was at home
over Sunday. She was absent from
school the latter part of last week on
account of illness.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

Mrs. Cora Mccall and Mrs. Jennie
Russell were guests Wednesday night
at the home of their sister. Mrs. Ruth
Drum.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

d. s. Derthick OF Forgan was a
Beaver caller Tuesday.
jeff Holland has been i'll with
flu, but is better at this time.
Chas. Conner OF Surprise was
In Beaver Saturday.
II. b. Bridgewater was a business
visitor at Forgan Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Maple OF Mo
cane were Beaver callers Saturday.
Tom Judy was Beaver caller
from Mocane last Saturday.
II. b. Bridgewater attended to
business in Forgan last Saturday.
Miss Clara Whitaker OF Balko
was in Beaver last Saturday.
Miss Carrie Smith spent the week
end at her home in Beaver.
Mel Richardson from Clear Greek
was a Beaver caller Tuesday.
Messrs. Davis and Pearson were
Beaver callers Tuesday.
Mr.. Kennel from Clear Greek was
In Beaver Tuesday.
John Sims and son, Paschal, were
Beaver callers Saturday.
]. w. Duff OF Boyd was in
Beaver Tuesday.
Mrs. Ckas. Hinkle. who has been
very i'll. is improving nicely.
Ea Howard Of Logan vicinity was
In Beaver Tuesday.
Ed Banks was business visitor
from LaKemp Tuesday.
c. II. Smedley OF Forgan was
business visitor here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Barby returned
10 their home near Knowles Tues
day.
Judge Taylor was a county seat
visitor from Perryton. Texas. Tues
day.
Miss Clara Whitaker was
Beaver visitor from Balko Tues
day.
E. S. TroIlinger and sons OF Bal
ko attended to business in Beaver
Tuesday.
Bart Coleman and wife were
Beaver shoppers from the South
Flats Monday.
Ernest Pimm OF Logan and Miss
Jewel Bridges of Surprise were
Beaver visitors Sunday.
w. l.. Henson visited schools in
the southeast part of the county
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Phelps were
Beaver callers from Southwest OF
Beaver Saturday.
Mrs. Maggie Buffalo from near
Floris was n business visitor Tues
day.
Marion Smith is employed tempo
rarily at the II. N. Lawson abstract
company.
Harry Hendricks and sister. Miss
Pearl. were Sunday afternoon visi-
tors at their parents home near Riv-
erside.
Rev. Rushing OF Forgan visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
1aoVPNA phN Nos tuV iot'Ni hott VI
last week.
Floy law hsought in whea; Mon
day for Elonzo Taylor. He spent
the night at J. w. Renfrows and
returned TO Balko Tuesday.
Bert Ella of the sheriff force
left Monday morning for Elk City TO
get Forrest Rose. who is wanted
here.
Jewett Bennett and mother asd
Misses Beryl and Bessie Bennett of
Riverside were Beaver shoppers Sat
urday.
Mrs. Art Groendyke and daugh-
tiers, Misses Elsie and Hazel and
son were Beaver shoppers from
Elmwood vicinity Saturday.
J. w. williams has finished his
bridge contracts near Gray and
moved his equipment to May,
where he Is to begin on a new con-
tract. He passed through Beaver
Saturday with his crew.
Dave Kile Jr.. Miss Euline Ford
and Mrs. Harry Brown drove to Lib
erals Kansas, Saturday evening after
Harry Brown. who was returning
from Wheeling. West Virginia
where he had been to see his moth
er, who was operated on for ap-
pendieitis. He left her very much
improved.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
Dreaming OF Poverty.

To dream that you are very poor
and In rags. may not be bad sign.
II is said TO Indicate that good luck
is coming your way and that riches
lie In the future.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

S. r. Miller. road contractor, was in.
Beaver Wednesday. He reports that
they nege finished the fill work on the
road west of Floris and have started
grading.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs Purl Ellison and child.
ren, who have spent several weeks
here with Ed Humphrey and wife, left
last Monday for their home at Thomas.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Walker arrived
home from Kansas City Friday of last
week and are "at home" to theil
friends in Beaver.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13

Mrs. May Day expects to go to
Woodward Friday to meet her son,
Frances, who is returning home from
the hospital at Wichita, Kansas.