The New York herald., 1922-09-03

his "Episodios Nacionales." but h1
hand had forgotten how to produce .
book like the terrible "Dona Per-
fecta-" The great writers were leav.
ing the stage: who would take their
place?
Dario was there to ask the ques-
ton and to mention Ibanez as one
of the promising young writers. And
he records a tendency already strong
in France. which he was himself to
lead in Spain. In LOS Raros" he
was at Buenos Aires to commence
rate the new lights-not all Latin,
for among the most influential was
Edgar Allan Poe. But 1t was not
until his .Prosas Profanas" Of 1895
that Dario gave a definite direction
to this tendency.
For the present. and even later,
the old places OF Spain attracted
him. and he was an incessant trav-
eler. While writing up the PARKS
Exposition Of 1900 he found time to
make that journey to Italy which
means so much to all artistic minds
He found the Colombian Vargas yillx
living in Rome. doing vigorous work,
like so many Latin Americans in exr
lie. for there was not room In theiF
republics for coudiIIos and criticA
equally In earnest and equally intoa-
Grant.
Dario was Nlcaraguan Minister b
Spain for a time and enjoyed the sos
cial and literary side OF that life
But money was scarce at Managul
and little could be spared for a fors
eign representative. Ultimately he
found it expedient to close the em-
bassy and live more cheaply at Paris
He was to be on q boundary CONS
mission to settle a dispute between
his country and Honduras. Over his
life too fell the shadow of the PeHor9
Yonkee. the Yankee peril. growing
since the Spanish war. He did no4
take 1t so seriously as. for Instance
his friend Ugarte. He was a dele&
gate to the congress at Rio I'm 1905
the Root mission. and by an unpopu-
lar poem tried to teach that there
was room for both the eagle and the
condor. Unwittingly he met the
Pelioro more directly a little later.
when he was sent to represent Mica
ragua at the Mexican Centennial
where he would meet Sierra. Nervo
and other friends. Unfortunately
the Government OF Nicaragua had
fallen and the United States did not
recognize the successor. so that Off
cially Dario could not be received;
but the Mexican people knew him
and gave him a royal welcome. Per-
haps from then begins Porfirio Diaz's
unpopularity.
II is said that all good Americans
want to go to Paris when they def
the Latin Americans all plan to 80
there while they are alive. Darfo
called 1t his own city-mi propScSd
ciHdod. At another time he sid
Madrid was his wife and Paris his
mistress-and some men prefer d
mistress! Now he was to live where
he had always dreamed of living.
and he had Gomez Garlic to show
him how. He was told to divide hfs
money into two parts-a small on6
for expenses and a large one for Iivs
ing-and Dario acted up to instrIo-
tons He saw ell those who were
worth while, but while he wrote
opinions. travels and the like, w
have now no Paris Contemporania.s
no more "Raros." no book that ranks
with "Azul" or "Prosas Profanaas
Why was this? Friends were later
to say that 1t was because he was
no longer free. hack at the dictA-
ton of publishers: but as late 40
1912 he was gratified at his treat-
ment Possibly he found that his
trinity OF Wine. Woman and Song
was not one of equal powers. that
one like Aaron's rod might swallow
up the rest He was, after all, rather
a locker on than q Parisian- At
Least he made home. That terrible
time at Managua was outlived and