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THESE comments are suggested by
L tho appearance OF n new book by
Mr.. SantAyAnA. II IS called ''Solilo-
Quics in England" Charles Scribner's
sons. The book is a collection Of es-
says written between the years 1914
aud 1927 There are fftv-f of them
on a wIlc variety of subjects. But
thcy are n,l written with an honesty
and sincerity which command re-
Spect. Mr.. Santayana insists from
first to last on the Importance of in
telprtual honesty. on the necessity Of
fnriHg what appear TO be the facts. and
accepting tentatively tie conclusions
which fallible human reason draws from
those facts.
Among tho earlier essays is one on
Dickens which interprcts that novelist
il a new light, the light. really. Of Mr..
SaHtayana's own philosophy. He says
;hat il is remarkable how insenSible
Dickens was 10 the greater themes Of
III" human NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Sci
enc", politics, art. And b" continues ::
He was a waif himself and utterly
di>inherited. For example. the terrible
heritage OF contentious religions which
fills the world seems not to exist for
him. In this matter he was like a
sensitive child, with most religious
disposition, but no religious ideas.
Perhaps, properly speaking, he had no
ideas on any subject; what he had was
4 vast sympathetic participation in the
dnily life Of mankind.
Mr.. Santayana tells us that Dickens
had the courage 70 describe what he
saw. Perhaps courage is not the right
word. as 1t was not so much bravery
that lcd him to do It as an unconscious
instinct which revealed to him the truth
and impc,Icd him to write it down. We
arc told that his characters are not
caricatures Of men and women as they
have frequently been called, but the
real men and women as they are when
they are thmselves. He was tender
enough, says Mr.. Santayana. but he
had so irresistible comic genius thai
IL carried him beyond the gentle humoi
which most Enghshmen possess TO the
abso,ut" grotesqpe reality"
Thor" IL penetrating quality o.
comment in that phrase ''grotesquc re-
nliry" which cannot be escaped.
greater than Dickens reminded US tha
mon and women are merely players
and we all know that it is true. Ant
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OF THE EARLY BOOK SEASON

turity Of the author is considered. In
other aspects It is too early to ATTEMPT
Judgment on Rostand, fils. That Will
come later.
The Crystal Coffin is a passionate
plea for paci6sm, written in autobio-
graphical form. Whether young Ros.
tand is attempting a written picture Of
his mental battles or merely Is indulg-
ing in a translation Of the present day
type of yonng decadent. the super
esthete Of neurotic tendencies, Is for
the reader 10 Judge. Certain 1t is that
the father of the central character is
none too thinly disguised study of
Rostand. psre. The mental conflict OF
the elder and his son-the latter su-
perbly cgotistical in his childish vanity,
seeking to pGit the world into its nor
nal channel with babyish. petulant ver-
bal slaps--tfis Is the motif. That the
son can see even his father sacrifice
himself for hts ideals Of race and coun-
try without a; qualm and then can glor-
ify himself 10 ending his own life re-
mains as an unexplainable trend Of the
Rostand thought.
II the book Is a plea for pacifsm its
weight is lost in the fowery flights of
fancy which attempt to smother reali-
ties in sweet scented verbiage. II 1t Is
a satirical blow at the overly idealisticr
neurotic. then.it fails by its lack OF
brutality.
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THE kINCFISHER"
Miss Bottomes Latest Novel
Comes Near Being a Great
Work of.Art

Phyllis Bottome has begun to inter-
est herself in sociology. The result Of
her study Of the subject IS given to the
public in The Kingisher" George
II. Doran Company. which might be
called a novel of democracy. Miss Bot
tome. or Mrs. Ernan Forbes Dennis. as
she now is, has written Of the conflict
of interest between the employing and
the employer class in England and Of
the gulf Of misunderstanding that sep
arates them. II she had allowed her
theme to develop a little more before
writing the book she would have made
a great novel. AS It stands it Is un-
satisfying for the reason that the So
the literary artist should have held the
reins.
The first part Of the book. which de-
scribes the youth of Jim Barton. the
hero, is splendid 1t is artistic real
ism, that is, realism which sees beneath
the surface of things and seizes hold of
the heart of them The boy is the son
OF drunken father and one day when
the father comes home and beats the
boy S mother. the boy rushes TO the de-
fense Of his mother and without know
ing what he is doing he kills his father
He is sent to prison instead OF being
hanged. as he Is under the age at which
they hang people in England. When
be gets out of prison he Is employed
on a river barge through the kindly
Intervention of clergyman. The
sympathetic understanding with which
Miss Bottome describes the life of the
boy on the barge. boy who had al
ways been surrounded with people in
town from the time Of his birth. but
had at last got into the open and the
silence of the river, is marvellous for
its poetry and for its insight. II she
could have kept at this level through
novel that would not have suffered
by comparison with the best.
She has the boy get an education and
become preacher in the slums OF
London. She has him become a sort
of adviser Of the laborers in the great
dock strike OF few years ago and
meet the daughter of one Of the big
gcst employers Of the dock workers.
The two fall in love and the book ends
with their determination to marry.
Che seeks TO make this marriage sccm
possible by making Jim the hero into a
man who Is absolutely honest with
himself and intolerant OF shams and
prctcnccs. while the girl who has lived
among shams and has been hampered In
her liberties by a cunningly designing
mother. is attracted to something which
is radically different from ANYTHING she
has ever known. Theoretically this is
all right. But the transformation o'
the girl from an indifferent and ire
sponslble butterfly into serious
minded woman ready to marry radiCa
preacher and live with him in tn
slums comes about too suddenly to b'
convincing.
There is much pungent satire in tn
book. and much exposure Of the sham
Of comracent society which refuse
to face the facts OF life; and witha
there is romantic story which perhap
is sufficient justification for the move
and moving enough TO make the reade
excuse some Of its defects.
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The Untrammeled Delight of
a Mind That Is Whollu Free
THE case of George Santayana 1,

THE case of George Santayana Is
l. interesting from many points Of
view. lie is Spaniard, born of Span
fish parents, in Madrid. in 1868. He
was graduated from Harvard Univer-
sity in 1856 at the age of twenty three
years. After a period of study in Bcr.
lin he became a teacher of philosophy
in Harvard in 1850, and remained there
until 1911. when he retired. He has
since spent his time in England and
France.
Now. this Spaniard has acquired a
facility in the writing of English which
is unrivalcd by that of any native Eng
lishman or American. He thinks in
English. His vocabulary Is English.
His sentences are idiomatic without the
slightest foreign trace. And the sub.
jects about which he writes are sub.
joctS in whirh the English speaking race
is intensely interested.
When think of these things the i'm
portance of racial distinctions sinks
into inSignifcancc. Santayana is a
human being, member of the human
family to which I also belong. He is
an inhabitant Of that intellectual world
in which there is neither race nor
creed. but in which all men are
brothers.
He i not the only example Of this
kind. Carl Srhurz, born and educated
in Germany. became as good an Amer
lean a the best Of us He wrote better
English than hundreds OF professional
writer's 10 whom the language is their
native tongue. He was also a citizen
of that intellectual cosmopolis which
knows neither Greek nor jew, Scythian
nor barbarian.
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When this intellectual kinship Of
dIfercnt races de5cemds ~ the affairs
NJ practical life. racial hdtrcdS uhich
jrc,d war. wiN become less acute and
tho da~u ot untrcrSdl peace wW
J'Jir to sqfuSe the horizon uith
n, s"intilatjng beams ot nc,c ligh.
not get Sccu on sea or land.
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ROSTAND, Fills
Crystal Coffin" Is Autobio-
graphic Novel by Poet
Playwright's Son

The luster Of a great name Is blind
ing in it's effulgence especially If the son
attempts to follow in the footsteps Of
the father. Probably no one will ad-
NIT this sooner than Maurice Rostand.
son of the great Edmond and the tai
ented Rosemonde Gerard.
That young Rostand's first book.
'"The Crystal Coffin" (McBrldc), Is
scrutinized in its resemblance to the
ideas and ideals Of the father is to be
expected. And for beauty Of lyrical
expression and imaginative flights of
comparison-that is, when the imma-
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faster IL grows" ." Tint is the way Ellen
frcls about herself as expressed In her
letters to a girl chum. Ellen Is GER
tain she is destined to be great au-
thor, Her relatives destine her for
gradual revolt against career OF notes
and the demand for one Of letters. Ihat
in tho accomplishment Ellen wrecks a
few lives. casts aside the apparently
real affection of an outstanding young
man and generally. makes herself
nuisance. seems to be making for FL
lens glorifcation in the eyes of the
author, 1t is patent Miss Carswell
takes her heroine and her viewpoint Sc
riously. Hardly any one else Will.
KATHARINE NEWL1N BCRI's
~ latest novel has the piQuant and
piquing title of % tHoughton- Mlnin
Company. This Is an
A, U,u,uaI unusual Western story
"W.,,.,,.," by the author Of The
branding Iron.' Its
unidueness consist in the fact That an
stead of an Eastern hero going west TO
win maid and fortune, typical cow
puncher comes TO sleepy Eastern city
70 shed his illiteracy and crudeness IN
order 70 win sophisticated helress.
The story Is lively in incident and mas
MANY well drawn characters, cspeciaiy
tho fine girl who eventually wins .. The
style is of distinction with many happy
turns OF expression. 'V IS gooa
hook for lovers Of exciting, well-wrltten
fiction.
IF LORD RIDDELL had not been born
/ before Samuel Smiles died some be.
lever In metempsychosis would DC
tempted to say that he
-, was the reincarnation
elementary of the man who wrote
Thinkins platitudes for the IN
struction Of ambitious
youth. IN "Some Things That Mat,
ter" George II. Doran Company
Lord Riddell has collected series o.
articles that he wrote for John . Lon
don's Weekly ~ which he has told II
simple language how to get on IN th'
world. He has got on himself and. there
fore, is supposed TO be qualified TO giV'
instruction 10 the rest Of US. The title
OF some Of his chapters will indicate
what he has done. He writes On "Hov
70 Concentrate" "IIow TO Observe,
"The Art of Public Speaking" .Hov
to Think " "IIow to Find Things Ont,
"The Moral Duty Of Belief and OF
many other kindred subjects. ,
The English like such books. ina
Is why Samuel Smiles wrote SO man
Of them.- An American publisher ap
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u,IE republication Of THE Third
l. Circle" CDodd, Mead & co.. will!
rive the admirers Of the later work OF
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.1O,rIN E'SpE y E'NJI t\IT TT - nv
~, n
- ~, '',,,o p,o,, i''"" ar'Ireis of ,ba NV
" '-'''' - " N'',, a. "'",im nicce ~ dramatic
>, .Cons,ruction and of
The Heart OF ,Tn nuo.aann,s, uo.oo as y
Homtets Mys. hoI,.rablo human no.
tery co,aL, In Tho tolls
aftote
MI, ...ou rba Ia I;,oro,v critic ~
4ne aU'r p,t,tob nnwcnancr and the
.f ,nanv chorminr ESSAYS count
" a., .',n' ~, t ,bn tbco-ins ~ I " Robertson
va r. . VIA ,hat Uomlet is nm in
,I".itWe ,"'''t,e orIisricnIlv, Mr. Clut,on-
Brooks thesis Is earnestly promulgated
and defended with enthusiasm and lore
SkiU and grace mark work that Is
dis,jnct contribution 10 Shakespehrean
scholarship, and what is more to be
Lr-,dnratpd. a novel exposition Of an
nr,gIDnI view in d field where SO much
IL hnckneyed.
rJ,IIE re-publicatiOn Of THE Third
r.-.,,u ,Dodd >1ood A. Coz will
!rrIe l,,,t,ors .a,'"' of the later work of
give l'e "''''''' FronE Norris an on
nnr,mnitv '%r% 70 study his
Frank Norris e. e., mnGner II ia a
Beeinnings .,inmn 49, of short stories
,'''o s,%in% were U, r"otr first rsVr col.
looted in 1909 from the periodicals in
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High Points of Some New Books

parently thinks that the Americans like
them also lie is not far wrong, for the
Smiles books were popular in their dny
and they may still be selling In large
quantities. As books on elementary
arithmetic have their uses. books like
this on elementary thinking are not
without their proper place. They are
not for those who have had the ad-
vantages Of education, but for the am
bilious youth seeking to learn the A B
C's OF the Intellectual life.
BEGINNERS IN radio will be inter-
Dcsted to know that the first use of
ether waves for the transmission OF the
human voice was
Radio for made In, Narberth,
The Amateur just outside of Phila-
delphia, In 1890, by
A. Frederick Collins. Old timers will
remember the unsuccessful attempt to
finance the stock of the Collins Wire
less Telephone Company and the sta
perched atop an Office building at
Broad and Chestnut streets. Mr.. Col
Inns now appears as the author Of THE
Radio Amateurs Handbook" Thomas
Y. Crowell Company.
1t IS resume Of the conventional
material that is being gathered de-
signed to catch the present. widespread
interest in radio. but 1t suffers con-
siderably from lack Of smoothness
and is not sufficiently simple to meet
the demand Of the man who knows
nothing about the science.
THE popularity of novels about from =
L tier life seems to be without limit.
The author who can write them Ia sure
Of finding a publisher
Loos In the because the publisher
Westsrn knows that the public
Wild will buy them In large
quantities. Henry
| Oyen Is one of the
authors who have succeeded in producing
books of this kind which please large
following. "Tarrant Of Tin Spou,
George II. Doran Company is hi:
latest. 1t is the story Of a soft-voiced
drawing young Westerner whose ap'
pearance belied his abilities. Womer
loved him and men who believed hin
stupid fell into the traps which he lait
for them. The author has introduced |
girl into the tale who insists that sh
hates Tarrant. But the experience
novel reader knows that this hate ]
merely preliminary to love and that q
the end of romantic and turbu!en
courting the book will close with IN
= lovers In each others arms.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
NEW CENTURY CLUB NOTES

After the Executive Board meeting,
the regular business meeting was called
to order by the President. $1,000 was
donated to the Delaware Home for
Friendless Children. The Correspond
ing Secretary was instructed to send
greetings to Mrs. Earl Pleasanton, who
has left the hospital and is now at At
lantic City. The Club will dispose of
one of the pianos now in the Club
House. For information apply to Miss
Bernice Metten, Chairman of Publicity.
Mrs. Elizaueth Bennett delighted
those present with several piano seec-
tions. Miss Virginia johnson in her
easy, graceful manner, gave fancy
dancing with Mrs. johnson at the piano.
Mrs. A. M. Chamberlaine read Wag-
ner's American Pot Boiler, which was
1.-The Centennial March" for which he
received $1,000. 1t was a pot boiler
nevertheless. Miss Bernice Metten
gave current events, followed by a
paper on Foster" read by Mrs.
George Heldmyer who was chairman of
the afternoon. Miss Wood gave in
structions IN millinery at the home of
Miss Helen Shallcross Thursday, at l.3O.
Next Tuesday, Mrs. Herbert Dums-
trey will give Her Experiences in
Somoa." Mrs. Warren Combs, chair
man. The members are urged to at
tend as it will no doubt be most inter-
esting.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
Trapper Caught Large Otter

John j. Green, a trapper on the Red
Bank Marsh near Taylor's Bridge, on
Thursday last caught the biggest otter
seen in this section this season. He had
seen tracks of the animal during the
winter and set about to catch it. Be-
lieving that the animal would make
hard fight Green placed large bear traps
near the animals hiding place in an old
rat house Upon approaching the marsh
on Thursday morning he heard shrill
cries of the enraged animal, which was
found fastened in two traps. Green
shot the prize and found that it weighed
AZ pounds and measured nearly eight
feet in length. One of its fore feet
was found to have been cut off years
ago and healed, probably, the result of
having been caught in a trap and es-
Gaping. It's pelt is priced highly.
Green says that never before in his
trapping experience of 80 years has he
seen as large or as beautiful an otter.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
WARWICK

Guy johnson and wife of Chesapeake
City, were sunday visitors in town.
Mrs. William Johns spent last week
with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clay,
at Winterthur.
William Vinyard has returned home
after two weeks visit with relatives
in Philadelphia.
Miss Elizabeth Schriver is spending
several days with Miss Bessie Arm
strong, of near McDonough.
Miss Eula Vinyard, of Delaware City,
and niece, Miss Sarah Jane johnson, of
Chesapeake City, spent the weekend
in town.
Mrs. Arthur Johns entertained on
Wednesday, Mrs. James RothweIl, of
Philadelphia, and Miss Mary Beasten,
of Middletown.
Mrs. Verena Vinyard and son, Bay
ard Vinyard, who have been visiting
Victor Fountain and family at Deland,
Fla, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. H. NJ. Eaton, who has been
very i'll since Sunday is improving. Her
daughter, Mrs. Bayard Jordan, OF
Bethel, is with her this week.
Sunday School Sunday morning at
$50; Christian Endeavor, 7 P. M.
Preaching 7.30, by the pastor, Rev, C,
M. Cullom. Everyone welcome.
Saturday afternoon of this week is
the date of the Bake" to be held by
the Girls Home Economics Club at the
schoolhouse. A demonstration in bread
making will be given by the cooking
class. Everyone is asked to attend.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11

Our newly appointed postmaster is
the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
c. Jolls and is 35 years of age. He
was educated in the Middletown Pubic
Schools and later entered Goldey Col
lege where he graduated in 1904 He
served as Deputy Clerk for the Or
phans Court and Register in Chancery,
and was employed as bookkeeper of the
Peoples National Bank in this town for
two years. He was also connected with
The Delaware Charter Guarantee &
Trust Co. for two years and after leav-
ing this company was associated with
the Delaware Incorporating Company
as General Manager MIR. Jolls is a
member and Past Master of Union
Lodge No. 5, A. f. & A. M, of this
town, and also a member of Delta
Chapter of Royal Aryh Masons. and a
member of Delaware Consistory of
Scottish Rite Masons, being 32d de-
gree member.
Mr.. Jolls is well qualified for his new
position, and his friends predict that he
will make most competent official.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES
EPISCOPAL

Sunday, March 18th. 1922. I'd Sum
day in Lent.
1870. Morning prayer and sermon.
11.45. Sunday Schoo.
73O. Evening prayer and address.
Wednesday evening, March 18th, eve
ming prayer aud sermon, by the Rev.
A. E. Cl4ttenburg, Rector, St. Peters
Church, Hazleton, Pa.
Friday, Holy Communion in the
church. at 1890 A. NJ.
Meeting of the parish branch of the
Woman's Auxiliary at the Rectory at
half past two.
Service in the church with devotional
address at $3.50.
Confirmation instruction at four
o'clock.
If you have no church affiliation, we
extend you hearty welcome to come
and worship with US. To help the
churches in your town is to help the
cause of Christianity at large.
The children of the Church School
are reminded to remember their Mite
Boxes and to put therein share of
their sp2rding money. Each class this
year is going to report the amount
separateIy-le see which class is 60
ing to come out on top. The money
collected in these boxes is for the Mis-
sonary work of the church and applies
on the apportionment of the parish for
omissions.
. The church is open every day from
nine until five O'Clock for meditation
and prayer. Take time to cultivate
the spiritual life Lent is an invitation
to give you an insight into the secret Of
nobler living. Accept it. Make no
vain excuses. Lent is blessing. But
blessings come surely to those who seek
them. Wake an effort to be present at
every Wednesday evening service and
hear the helpful messages the visiting
Clergy bring us.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
New Pump For Canal

Sealed proposals for the new pumping
unit to be installed for the use of the
canal, at Chesapeake City, Md, will be
opened at the office of Col. Earl Brown,
U. S. Engineer Corps, in charge of the
waterway, at his office at Sixth and
King streets, Wilmington, on March 20.
Bids must be accompanied by guar
antee of good faith of $1,000. The pro-
posals call for installing in stone
building, l65 feet from the canal, on it's
south side, a centrifugal pump. right or
left handed, with engine piping, etc., to
supply when continuously operated,
O,000, 900 gallons of water daily for the
upper level of the canal from Back
Creek.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
Orchardists Pruning Trees

Blossoming time is only few weeks
off, and orchardists are getting orchards
into shape. after more or less neglect
of trees for year because of the al
most complete failure of the apple,
peach and pear crop in 1921. Pruning
is being rushed so that it may be COM
pleted before the sap starts to flow.
Trees made great deal of new growth
last year. The strength usually ex-
pended in bearing fruit went into the
development of the trees themselves,
as they were denuded of fruit blossoms
by the Spring freeze. Severe weather
during the last few weeks handicapped d
the fruit men. They did very little.
pruning. There is much other work to
be done in clearing orchards which show
the results of years neglect.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
Taylors Bridge r. & T. Meeting

The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Taylors Bridge Public school held a
very interesting and instructive meeting
at the school house, Tuesday evening,
Feb. 28th. The subject, 1.-The Course of
Study was presented by several MEM
bers of the association The meeting
was left in charge of Mrs. Martin, the
teacher, under whose direction an inter-
esting program of patriotic character
in accordance with ashington's Birth
day was provided by the children OF the
school. After the literary program the
social committee ser,ed ice cream and
cake:ASec.
Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
ODESSA

Lee Orrell and Rev. William Little
were Milford visitors Monday.
Harry BuBeck and wife have moved
into their new home, the old Hotel
Property.
St. Paul's M E. Church will hold a
"Bake" on Friday. March 18th, begin
ming at IL o'clock in John Heldmyer's
office.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliott, form
erly of Odessa, have issued invitations
to the marriage of their daughter,
AnLa May, to Mr.. Leroy Hawthorn. at
their home near Cbristiana, Thursday,
March 18th
On Sunday evening, March 18th, st.
Paul's M. E. Sunday School will hold
its missionary anniversary. Herbert
H. Ward, Esq a prominent lawyer of
Wilmington, will make an address. An
other feature of the program will be
the presence of the Male Quartette of
Smyrna. Further particulars will be
given in next weeks issue.