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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Youth Incapable of Real
Lore, Says Hergesheimer

"Lovc in a young person is artifcia,
class OF girls under twenty is yir-
tually uniform. They fall in love and
net according 10 instinct. Individual
directive force develops after twenty.
"A young person falls in love. hue
owing to IN" faulty economic conditions
of the present day she cannot marry
the young fellow whom she loves. And
so the impulse is directed as n tenn.
| pornry thing, and becomes artificial.
! "Don't you thing so?" Mr.. Herges-
| heimer added in a characteristic way.
as he stopped short to punctuate tho
! emphatic indictment which he had
placed on our economic organizat tion,s
Mr.. llergesheimer arrays himself
firmly against the idea of woman
playing up to a man. ~
'That is vulgar" he said Fine
people don't do it. Fine peonle want
TO improve themselves for those they
love, but they do not do this other
thing"
Then, in conclusion, Mr.. Herges.
heimer said
'Ioung people are Interesting as
whole In that they show group reac.
ton to forces. But older women are
more interesting because they show in-
dividual reactions which have grown
out of richer experience of life. 1
'The difference between the girl ara
the older woman," said Mr., Uerees.
heimer. pointing a finger straight &c
his visitor, lis the differences betwess
2 penny whistle and . two.hvboas1
n. 1ss. sssss IN. ~ ZEAL Ass.s y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Great Women in History
Had Reached MaturitH

If the great hcroines of fiction are
older women, what of the heroines who
live In history?
What. for instance, Of Cleopatra,
the fascinating Queen of Egypt, who
made the mighty julius Caesar her
helpless slave, and later bent the will
of the famous Roman, Mark Antony,
even more completely to her will than
she had that Of Caesar.
The fate Of nations meant little to
these rulers in comparison with the
wish of one woman.
OF Cleopatra. Shakespeare said:
Age cannot wither her, nor custom
stale
Her infinite variety.
The history and literature Of ancient
Egypt and Rome nre full of her ire
sistible beauty and charm.
Her age was twenty one Mt the time
of her affair with Caesar, and twenty
three at the time Of her romance with
Antony.
But DR.. Hull points out that this
age Is equivalent to thirty years In
northern climes, and that Cleopatra
was more than girl - physical and
intellectual development.
In the Bible there Is Delilnh. the
Phlistine beauty, VINO ensnared the
mighty Samson and brought him to
an untmely end. One of the most
beautiful operas ever written, countless
novels, poems and dramas, and many
paintings and pieces of statuary, have
been inspired by her career.
The Queen Of Sheba enmeshed the
heart Of Solomon, though he had 600
wives, and every one today knows of
her dazzling beauty.
From the New Testament Salome is
remembered through all the centuries
for her unsuccessful attempt to be-
guile John the Baptist, and for the
part she took in the orgies in the
palace of HerOdias.
Homer's 'Iliad," one of the worlds
greatest epics, sings Of Helen of Troy,
whose .matchless beauty was the indi-
rect cause of the Tr9fn War.
IAN these womenJ Vho have left an
everlasting imprint tpbn the imasina.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17

tion and memory of centuries, we're ma
ture," said DIR. Hull.
He paused as he turned the pages Of
voluminous books of history in his
study.
II should say that where women
achieved greatness in history because of
an inspiring vision alone they were
young" he remarked. Joan Of Arc,
for instance, who led the French people
to victory in the 100 years. war, was
only nineteen.
"Hypatia, the heroine Of philosophy,
who was stoned to death because she
was the first woman to dare to enter
the world of learning, was young.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
AGE DOESN'T MATTER, BUT
YOUNG LOVE IS SHALLOW.
HERGESHEI1NER ASSERTS
From Helen of Troy to the Present Day
Most of the Great Feminine Figures
of Drama, Song and Story Haze
Been Women of Fully Developed
POgverS
Grow old along ,vith me,
The best is net to be.

ls sang Browning sober middle
l. and distinguished creators of heroines
national which held recently to discussion
the ideal age and scenarios submitted
the average of the heroine was twentyeght
What is the ideal for heroine?
the sophscation thirty fascinating than the blush and
bloom of eighteen?
Does outshne the prettiness Of the girl?
Of the foremost writer's and
students They the WHOLE with Brownng but they
d;s,uree with one another in many respects
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Paramount Issue Is
Reaction to Life

Mr.. Hergesheimer disagrees with all
the protagonists Of an ideal age for q
heroine. He does not believe the age
Is eighteen. or thirty. In short, he
says an individual as an individual in
a book does not interest him. Only
as the individual reacts to the forces
OF life is he or she interesting to him,
lie discussed the question at his
home at West Chester. where his lively
dogs romped on the lawn, where charm.
Ing friends were gathered in the living.
room, and where the quiet of a deepiv
cushioned den, looking over the hiil
which slopes TO the road, gives retreat
for meditation.
Il am just as much interested in
any one woman in my books as IN
another he said. "Any character ba.
her, place in n book. The question OF
a heroine Is a different matter.
DO you know what heroine
means;' he asked, and stopped
before the fireplace.
"A heroine" he pursued. rs mn
the chief character in the book, but
the one who conquers in the end. Anna
karentna is an example Of that
'All good books are fatalistic. The
woman docs not conquer in the end.
life conQuers-lfe is the heroine
Diana of the Crossways might bo
called, heroine, but it is a cool use
of a heroine. "''
Life no longer !s matter of got.
ting married and having children -
Thar did not require much discussion.
"Now the whole thing. even love
has been elevated to the plane OF an
art. 1t takes long while TO expres,
these things. Therefore, older women
with more conscious feeling are more
charming S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17

is the age Of its most enthralling hero
inesf"
"NIost assuredly the older women are
the more enthralling figures Miss
Reppelier answered.
: "Of course" she continued, there is
the old novel Of adventure in which the
heroine is young because she doesn't
count for anything. She is just some
body for the hero to fall in love with.
Take, for instance, Scott's Quentin
Durward.' There the girl has black
hair and eyes, and doesn't amount to
much.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Development Is Vital
to NOUeL of Character

but in the novel of character the
woman Is always older, because years
develop character. Her conversation, ar
indispensable element in writing, Is
more interesting and more varied.
"Her outlook on life. based on more
experiences. both happy and tragic, is
more compelling than the simple out
look of the girl She has more knowf-
edge of the world and more knowledge
of men and women.
"Of course. in the novel of passion
1t Is the older woman, because her pas =
sions are far deeper.
Becky, Sharp" Miss Repplier ex-
planned. With added zest: begins her
quest in Thackeray's Vanity Fair
when she is young, but she gets better
and better as she becomes Older" and
the essayist's blue eyes shone with real
enjoyment at the thought of this hero
inc.
you like Becky Sharp then?"
"She is the best heroine In fiction,
would say. She Is a real adventures.
She Is possibly the very first woman IN
English fiction to conquer by means
of her intellect. And nobody that has
come after her quite equals her.
The heroines in the French novels
and plays are invariably married." said
Miss ne,PP'er' ana oi course are oider
Miss Repplier was asked about
American novels.
The novels of Howells. she said, deal
with girls. Booth Harrington, she
cited. was a successful example of the
author who portrays girls in his stories.
novel which was awarded the Pulitzer
Prize this year. Is just a girl.
Then Miss Repplier closed her dis
cussion briefly. as is her characteristic
way after careful consideration Of
subject has ena oled her to form an
opinion Of its p ssibilities.
"The most att active thing the world
has to Offer" sh stated in q tone that
inspired lively anticipation of what the
thing was, "is the young married
woman.
"She is the most attractive thing
imaginable. She Is more assured. is
much more handsome, and has many
more ideas. They are fresh, refresh
ingly fresh ideas, because she has lived
through more eXDerienCes'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Older Women Cannier
in the Game of LOUe

1.-THE older woman knows how to
play up to a man. In the game Of
love the young girl thinks only Of
the fun she Is having; the older
woman considers the mans inten-
tions-and keeps him guessing.
"Get me?" he asked with a
ehuckle.
"The older woman" Mr.. Newton
continued, "has as much fire as the
young girl, and in addition she
knows how to direct it.
"A woman isn't worth hugging
until she is thirty" he declared SOL
emnly.
With this statement he turned his
attention to the pages Of literature.
"Shakcspeare's Juliet" he resumed.
WAS very young, but italian, Cuban
and Spanish girls mature early"
Jane Austen's Emma Is Mr.. New
toms favorite heroine; Becky Sharp
his second favorite.
His telephone rang; some one called
to tell him~about a book on Bacchus.
"Bacchus," Mr.. Newton called jok-
ingly over the wire, has gone out Of
STYLE" and he hung up the receiver.
This occasioned new trend to the
discussion.
DO you think smoking and drink
Ing enhance the modern woman S
charm?"
Indeed not" Mr.. Newton replied.
mo man really likes to see a woman
drink.
Women need no superfuities to
make themselves attractive" he con-
ciuded with youthful enthusiasm.
Miss Repplier was found in her
apartment on Clinton street. The chairs
and pictures of the reception room were
covered with cheesecloth, defying the
dust Of summer months from the depths
OF their yelled security.
Miss Repplier confirmed her visi.
tors deduction that she was going
away for the summer. But she has a
sreat deal of work to do yet, she said
getting together books and notes that
She wants to take with her. For this
~oman--one of the foremost essayists
OF the day--never discontinues her study
ana research, even in the vacation
months.
pointing to the books which lined the
tar END OF the room, under the shroud.
~ paintings, the visitor asked:
IN all this lore Of literature, what
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Her0ines of Successful Plays
Thirty Years Old or More

A critic of the theatre reviewed a
list Of the recent plays. Fifteen of the
most successful were found to have
heroines Of thirty years or more.
Wake Up. Jonathan" in which
Mrs. Fiske played "Declassee" with
Ethel BARRYMORE In the leading
role; "Only Thirty eight" with Mary
Ryan; 1.-The Czarina," with Doris
Keane-these were all built around
women of mature age.
"The Famous Mrs. Fair" centered
about n woman of forty.
'"The Grand Duke" had two leading
ladies', II girl and the mother of this
girls sweetheart. The mother was nm.
questiona3ly the more attractive. She
was aware of the conflict of forces. and
faced them. The girl, unconscious of the
complications in the life immediately
around her, was merely a puppet.
In "Blood and Sand" the yampire
was woman in her thirties.
Intimate Strangers" showed Billie
Burke believing that her new : found
lover would fall for her snappy younr
niece, but she learned In the end that
her own developed character had full
claim on his heart.
1.-The Circle" Enter Madame 4"
'.The Varying Shore. nome of these
is q play about q young girl.
The question, Il seemed, was settled.
with the woman Of thirty the ideal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17
Women of Deeds in
History We're Mature

"The women whom history heralds
because of their deeds rather than their
visions are older women.
elizabeth. England's greatest queen,
ascended to the throne when she was
twenty seven. Her many love affairs
followed. An entire book has been
written about them.
"Her most celebrated affair de occur,
with the Duke of Leicester, whom she
did not marry because she felt her sub.
jects would not tolerate the union,
reached its height when she was thirty.
Mime. de Pompadour, in her prime,
dominated the reign of Louis XIV In
France. For years she reigned supreme
at Versailles, the real power behind the
throne.
Catherine II, Empress of Russia,
called the Cleopatra of the North
came to her throne when she was
"At the same age, Napoleon's first
wife. Josephine, married him."
DR.. Hull closed the history books and
said: "Roman history celebrates the
matrons. Cornelia is the proverbial
ideal of Roman womanhood. When
a newly rich lady came to see her, be-
decked in costly robes, Cornelia called
two Jewels
women of deeds; Betsy Ross, Barbara
Fritchie. Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia
Mott, Frances Willard, Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
1T is the woman Of deeds, whether
her deeds are the result Of strength of
mind or fascination Of person, who ap-
pears on the pages of history, and that
Is why history is peopled with older
women instead Of mere girls"
From Swarthmore the seeker after
knowledge went to the University Of
Pennsylvania.
In the psychology laboratory she
found Prof. T.. b. Twitmyer.
''Do young men prefer older women?"
he was besought.
"NIcn don't like women of any one
age Prof. Twitmyer answered. "Men
like women with ideas. If young girls
have ideas men like them.
"I'll tell you something" the psy-
chologist went on, confdentially,
"when the boys here at PENNSYLVANIA
have a special dapce or prom they send
home for their girls, and often these
girls are very plain and unattractive
in appearance, but when you talk to
them you find they are sensible and at
tractive to boys who are thoughtful.
"Boys in their inner consciousness |
look upon girls in the light of their
ideal Of full grown womanhood.
MEN like women with ideas-but
very few young girls have IDEAS"
Now the theatre!
Surely the stage is the place where
youth Ia at a premium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17


A. Edward Newton, book lover,
book collector and writer, and Miss
Agnes Repplier, the essayist, say
that thirty is unquestionably the
best age for heroines.
DR.. William I. Hull, head Of the
department of history at Swarth-
more College, cites the great her
oines of history as mature women.
George Gibbs, novelist, dissents.
A woman of twenty-three can be a
heroine, he insists.
And Joseph Hergesheimer, the
creator of "The Three Bad Pennys"
and the recent "Cytherea," declares
that any age can be interesting, in
asmuch as it portrays the forces Of
life and reactions to those forces.
It does not matter whether the
character is young or old, although
he says the older person reacts in a
more complex and interesting way.
When the question Of the ideal
age for heroine was put to Mr..
Newton he was sitting in his office
atop a machinery factory, quite diff
ferent from the bookshelved rooms
in which one would imagine an in
tellectuar companion Of the great
authors would be found.
"I agree with Balzac," he began;
"a woman is in her prime when she
Is thirty.
1T is only real old men like my
self who fall in love with young
things like you," and Mr.. Newton's
eyes twinkled at his visitor.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30
Farm Loan Dept Lends Farmers $3l6OOOO In lO Months
JUAREZ QUIET AFTER REVOLT
EARLY TODAY; MENDEZ FORCES
RE0RCANIZED, DEFYlNC REBELS
Thought He Spotted !
Still; Only Hubby .
Doing Family Wash

Cleveland Ohio. Sept. 3d.
(By the Associated Press. )-Po-
lice Lieutenant Arthur w. Bur-
roughs was making his rounds
for the last time last night when
he imagined he was inhaling al-
cohouc fumes.
Approaching a cottage with
Light In the basement. he saw
copper boiler on a gas stove and
a man Gtlrrlng its contents.
Among those answering his
siumncn: for aid. was Sergeant
Patrick McTar by. a yciltrilo-
quist. Getting down on his
hands and knees. Sergeant Nc
Carthy crept up to the door.
clawed and, initiated dogs
bark.
When the door WIS opened tho
officers entered.
Going into the basement they
discovered that the man was do
ing the family washing because
of his wifc's Illness. at must
have been ammonia or something
he was using" explained the
cllagr:ncd lieutenant after the
officers apologlzed and left the
house.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30
P0ULDN FOUND
NOT GUILTY in !.
COURT DECISION !:
Judge Believes, However.
He and Mrs. Tiernan Had
= Intimate Relations.

South Bend, Ind, Sept. 30.-Harry
Poulin, local haberdasher, charged by
Mrs Augusta Tiernan with being the
father Of her third child, was found
not guilty in city court here today.
Judge c. L. Duncomb made It plain
in his comment that he found the de-
fendant mot guilty" in the strict
lieved that there had been intimate
relations between Mrs. Tierran and
Poulin. The fact, however. that Pro-
fessor Tiernan had lived with his wife
throughout, the entire affair created
the reasonable doubt that made it
legally compulsory to find for the de-
fendant.
feasor Tiernanc announced after Judge
that the case would besappealed and
carried to- the suprenae fourt, OF the
United states iRhecessEry 'yfhe de-
,elsssa ssa .siss III sl saesa Tlesssss ie q .sEtas
me sconplsteIy on my feet" r.
y An Interesting Case.
the city court for eight days after
having been buffeted among the jus
tice courts :on changes of venue, fol
lowing the arrest of Poulin the, night
Of September 2, on a warrant sworn
to by Mrs. Tiernan.
Poulin, who 9 furnished bond OF
$4,000, denied the charges and en-
gagged three of the best known at.
torneys in South Bend to conduct his
case. The hearing which started
September 18 and was completed last
Wednesday, was filled with many dra.
matte moments.
Mrs. Herman. on the witness stand
related how she alleged she. came
under the influence of Poulin anG
kept. trysts with him.
Poulin, also on the witness, stand
denied the trysts and maintained
backed by numerous relatives, tina
on the dates giten by Mrs. Ternar
he was attending Lenten services
with his wife. The state attempted
to break down the alibi "on rebutta
by introducing Charles P. Doran, {
student at the University Of Notrt
Dame from Akron, Ohio, who testified
that he saw Poulin and woman a
a glee club entertainment at tn,
university. This Poulin had denied
Mrs. ,Ternan tainted as she wal
leaving the court room and wa
taken to her home in taxcab
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30
Two Contracts Let,
On State Buildings

Bismarck N. D., Sept. 3o.-The
state board Of administration award
ed contract for completing the interi-
or work on the new ward building
at the state insane hospital at James
town, excepting the top floor, to
Meinecke and johnson Of Fargo, the
bid being $47,440. There are not sufl
hcient funds to enable, the board to
complete tho top floor Of the build
ing. S5a Us
81! Contract for plumbing, heating,
ventilation system and electric wiring
ina the new Liberty Memorial building
on the capitol grounds was !, let to
Frank Grambs OF Bismarck for $22,-
6l9. Other bidders were: +. p.
Riley. Fargo. $24.S7s; Fargo Plumb
Champlin Fargo, $25,200. y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30
Ordered To
Burn Lignite Screenings

Bismarck N, D.. Sept. 3o.-All
state institutions have been ordered
to burn Ignite coal screenings as
much as possible during the fall and
winter by the state board of admin
istration, it was announced today, the
purpose being to save money
The board has awarded additional
coal contracts as follows: For state
capitol, Washburn Agnite Coal Min
ing company, $4.40 per ton, delivered
In bin; Tor Valley City. normal and
Mayville normal, Lucky Strike Coal
Mining company, Zap, $2.75 per ton
at mine; for deaf school, Devils Lake,
Whittier-Crockett company, Colum-
bus, $2.7O per ton at mine.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30

TO BEGIN MAN
HUNT AT ONCE
Every Effort Will be ): Made
to Check Bank Raids
Along the Border.
All Trails Leading Into
United States to Be Close
ly Watched.
(Hcrald Special Gcrvice.)

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. ,30.--All re-
sources of the royal Canadian
mounted police are being assembled
10 stop bank raids along the border.
police Col. j. G. Rattray, head Of the
Manitoba police system, and secret
service men were In conference in the
attorney generals office Friday after
aoon working over cooperative
,,!ans. Last night federal authorities
1t Ottawa notified Col knight to-
.urn all his forces into the man hunt.
,olice in Manitoba and in provinces
will be moving today toward strategic
points along the border.
The Bankers association made rep
resentations asking vigorous action by
the provincial and federal govern
ments.
supt. Knight, a veteran Of more
than quarter century of the old
royal northwest mounted police,
grilnly declined to state how many
men he could or would put on the
border, nor would he give the faint
est hint Of any plans he had matured.
along the border will be visited by
some Of the raiders. This caused the
authorities to get their men concen-
trated for an active man hunt which
Is to be vigorously continued until
not only the raids have ceased but
the raiders pailed. s
To Guard Secret Trails.
There are not so many trails over
the border that armed men cannot
be found to guard each exit. Recog:
nized highways, however. are not
those frequented by the robbers. The
| old bootleg crossings, many of them
secret. of swarms of crooks engaged
for years in rum running are routes
chosen chiefly by these bank raiders
within ..the next .sf few hours :Thef
comes the placing Sof secret service
| men in the states, principally in Ger.
tain towns and cities in North Dakota
| where these bands are, believed tc
make their rendezvous.
| Just at present, with a large mum.
ber of harvest workers. mostly .strang
ers scattered over the prairies. it IL
very difficult to apply the cid MOUNTED
police dragnet policy Of taking ir
charge every stranger in distric
where crime has been committee
until he can be Investigated. but {
number of known suspicious charac
ters. rum runners and under worl(
notables are due for arrest at differen
points in the prairies for a Gordon O
protection is to be extended righ
across from Emerson. Manitoba. t.
Lethbridge, Alberta, on the border
J Directors of the Union bank o
Canada will meet at the head office ii
Winnipeg to consider the seriou
situation created by the rapid sue
cession of bank robberies in western
| Canada
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30
Funds Arc Needed.
S. S. CONVENTION
TO BE HELD in 1923
IN JAMESTOWN, N. D.

jamestown, N. D.. Sept. 30.-The
next state convention of the North
Dakota Sunday School association
will be held in jamestown in 1928 ac-
cording to a decision Of officers of
the association and representatives,
who met here last night.
No meeting was held in North Da-
kota this year because of the finances,
but a large attendance is expected at
meeting next June, according to G.
A. Armstrong, secretary
Rev. Mr. Dickey of Dickinson and
William Lane Of Fargo were among
the representatives present.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-30
BREAK BETWEEN TW00PP0SlNC
FORCES LIKELY AT ANY HOUR:
TURKSC0NTINUE PREPARATIONS
QUANTITIES OF
ARMS MISSING
IN SIBERIA

Toxic, Sept. 3O.-(By the As
sociated Press. .)-Official invcsti-
cations have confirmed reports
OF the disappearance Of large
! quantities of arms in Siberia, &c
coriing to a statement today
frOln a most reliable authority.
One consignment Of 50 truck
loads Is known to have conc to
Mukden, headquarters of Chang
TsO.Lin, the ''uncrowned king
of Manchuria.