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The New York herald., 1922-01-22

THE MAN MILL. BY Fer Felix
Weiss. Boston. The Page Company.
n IR. wEISS's book has the SUBJ
MI title Being the Truth About
American Immigration" II
this title seems ambitious. the author
has earned right to use it. He was
himself an immigrant. He later be-
came an immigrant inspector at Bos-
ton. He does not indulge in any Sec
ond or third hand theories. He con-
fines himself to matters which came
under his own observation. His style
Is pleasantly chatty. It is no dis
local. A study of conditions in one
place is a good. standard from which
10 judge the whole problem.
One of the first chapters is "A Day
in the Life of the Immigrant In
spector." 1t is based upon a diary.
The layman does not realize that the
immigration laws are almost as hard
to enforce as the prohibition amend
ment The staff is much too small.
Hence any given inspector is much
overrushed. On this sample day, Mr.
Weiss started his work before dawu
and kept at 1t until after midnight.
Even then his sleep was broken by
his telephone calls. 1t Is no wonder
that under such circumstances the in
spection OF immigrants Is very per-
functory.
In the following chapters Mr.. Weiss
utilizes his rich store of personal OBJ
servation. He tells the difficulties of
the quarantine officer He has many
interesting anecdotes of stowaways.
One Of his chapters has the apt title
"A Modern Inquisition." First cabin
passengers are apt to resent being
questioned Mr.. Weiss shows the alb
solute Necessity of this course of
action. because immigrants who are
not wanted frequently act on the MS.
sumption that they can get by in the
first cabin more easily.
Mr.. Weiss has many gossiping chap
ters In which his own experiences are
mentioned. He was struck by the
cleverness Of John Chlnaman In elud.
ing the inspectors and slipping in. He
tells OF his part In arresting "Sir
James Carleton" an English conf
dence man He explains how "bravos-
from the Portuguese Islands are slip
ping into Massachusetts without ade-
quate inspection. and why he con-
siders them very undesirable.
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
Faith in Life Kills Fear

THE CONQUEST OF FEAR. BY Basil
King. Doubleday, Page q Co.
w THEN man writes of the in
\M most experiences of his soul
and when that record deals
with matters in which we are each day
ourselves confessing either failure or
success, the writer, however modest,
need have no misgiving as to the alb
sorbing interest of what he has to say.
So Mr.. Basil King. in his little book
which tells us convincingly how he
accomplished the difficult feat of driv-
ing fear out of his life, has done a
lasting service to as many of us as are
able Cor willing) TO mark and inwardly
digest his confession of faith. For
that is what it really amounts to at
the last
The conquest of fear lies In the culti-
walton of faith. This does not mean,
In the authors Interpretation, that
faith which is spiritually acrobatic,"
TO which one fees because one cannot
understand. 1t means simply that
Mr.. King had a deep conviction that
there must be some way out of the
perils of fear. and set his mind at
work to find ii and thus counteract Its
destructive effects upon character and
life. Unlike Horace Fletcher, who, IL
we remember rightly, tried to get rid
Of fear by denying it's logical exist
ence, the author sublimates into some
thing better, after the present prevail
ing psychological mode. Fear as a
stimulus to putting forth new and
higher energies might be called his text.
This leads him into a discussion Of the
existence Of the Life Principle" as he
calls it, which nothing has ever de-
feated because 1t carries with II also a
Conquest principle" If It had not.
life would long ago have become ex-
tinct. In the life OF man fear must
beget courage and the will to overcome.
Thus did he replace his negative atti-
tude by the positive one. what this
reasoning did for me from the start
was to give me a new attitude toward
the multfold activity in all life. saw
II containing a principle that would
work with me IL could work with IL.
My working with II was the main
point, since II was working with life
always"
Going still deeper in his search for
help. he found himself obviously soon
coming to the idea of God as the real
working principle. But the trouble
was that the old orthodox God in the
fear of whom he had been reared
proved to be the very fountain head Of
fear. He was more afraid OF God. In
posse and In ease, than in anything
else in the universe Clearly here was
no way out OF ones fears. So he de-
cided to release himself from the
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
In Which We Think We Discover Mental
Squint in Sherwood Anderson, and Are
Thrilled by AL Jennings's Rapid Fire
Narrative of Banditry.
BY DONALD ADAMS.

We were glad to see recently an
admission by Sherwood Anderson that
he does not know where he is going
with his art, or where his art is going
says that he is feeling his way, be-
cause if we thought that he had just
been setting his teeth and saying, Il
1oiH write this sort of thing" we
should be even more depressed after
reading THE Triumph of the Egg"
(Huebsch) than we are.
For we believe in Mr.. Anderson's
capacity. One must recognize in him
a man who is faithful to his art, and
who is trying his best to write the
thing as he sees it. He is one Of the
few novelists in America who give
serious thought to the possibilities of
language. Nevertheless we have a
quarrel with Mr.. Anderson, because
we think this last book of his reveals
that he is not thinking straight. He
has a metal squint.
Most Of the people he writes about
in these stories are people of drab and
Mr. Anderson is not for having chosen
TO direct our attention to these lives,
little though we relish the details of
them, but because it seems to us
faulty psychology on his part that
these people should be forever ques-
tioning, forever wondering why their
lives are so drab, and forever crying
out that life is so rotton. 1t has been
our experience that the more drab
and commonplace mans life was
the better satisfied he appeared to be
with 1t.
We are willing to wager that the
man who takes You up and down in
the elevator doesn't think as often
as you do what monotonous busi-
ness this matter of running an eleva-
tor is. It's his job, and he accepts
the fact philosophically. Otherwise he
Wouldn't be running an elevator.
In the story called Brothers" there
is factory foreman who found life
too intimate 1t distressed him to
hear "the creaking of the springs of
a bed where, in another room, his
mother-in-law was crawling between
the sheets. Nothing strange or un-
usual or lovely would or could happen.
Life was too close, too intimate"
He Is typical of the other men and
women in Mr.. Anderson's book. Life,
abstractly. troubles them incessantly;
they can't make themselves out, or
they can't make their wives out They
do not taste life and find 1t bitter or
sweet; they are forever shifting at it.
In a word. we think Mr.. Anderson
sensitized his characters indiscrimin-
ately.
Aside from this objection, which
we have tried to set forth with as
little personal bias as possible, we
would be better pleased personally If
Mr.. Anderson did not find himself so
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
A Di ipl o m a t
Becomes Human
HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE
BY Lord Frederic Hamilton. George
III. Doran Company.

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
By Lord Frederic Hamilton. George
II. Doran Company.
A LTHOUGH this book is de-
~ scribed on the cover as the
: recollections of "a famous dip
lomat, the truth of the matter is that
such term, with it's implications of
officialdom and the bleak huggermug-
ger of diplomacy. bellies both Lord
Frederic and his text He is above
all very human being, with an ex-
traordinary fund of very human
stories that range all over the world,
from India to Argentina. and include
such varied experiences as being the
guest at most luxuriously appointed
tiger hunting shoot of an East Indian
prince. and war time duty as a con-
stable in London, to pe entertained in
a Harley street kitchen by cook
To those who have not had the good
fortune to read Lord Frederic's two
previous books, THE Vanished Pomps
of Yesterday" and THE Days Before
Yesterday" this volume will come as
a surprise and a delight. This racon-
tours background Is that of a socially
and politically distinguished family, OF
a diplomat of many years experience.
of a guest in high and low places. F~
explains, for the first time in this re-
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
The Four Million

1t was in prison, where o. Henry
began to write, that he told Jennings
his theory of the short story and OUT
lined the foundation on which his
own work was to be built.
"The short story" he used to say,
"is potent medium of education. 1t
should combine humor and pathos.
1t should break down prejudice with
understanding. l propose TO send the
down-and- into the drawing
rooms of the get-it-alls, and / intend
to insure their welcome. All that the
world needs is n little more sympathy.
I'm going to make the American Four
Hundred step into the shoes of the
Four Million"
Later, jennings was to accompany
Porter in his search for copy through
the streets of New York.
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
Thirty Highbrows

In writing that subtitle we suppose
we owe an apology to Ring w. Lard
ner, who is one of the contributors to
Civilization in the United States: An
Inquiry by Thirty Americans" (Har-
court, Brace & Coz. His name sticks
out like a sore thumb among lily
white fingers. For among others we
read those Of John Macy, ]. E. Spin
garn, Robert Morss Lovett, Van Wyck
Brooks, Conrad Aiken, George Soule,
Walter Pach and Harold E. Stearns.
They let the author of You Know
Me, AL" write about Sport and Play"
What we want to know is this. If
II. L. Meneken can write about
Politics" the subject assigned him by
Mr.. Stearns (the Young Intellectual
who feels there is no nourishment in
America for the thinking youth of
The New York herald., 1922-01-22

MI He has the true journal
= ist instinct for getting ac-
quainted with people and sapping the
facts from them. He is able to see
both sides of a question. 1t was his
good fortune on his recent journey
through the new countries on the
Baltic to have letters of introduction
to leaders of all factions. He has the
truth as near as one man can reach 1t.
Finland receives his attention first
He describes the misery experienced
in this country. He tells of how the
people had to live upon bread made Of
bark. He believes that this privation
was in part responsible for the hor-
rors Of civil war. He is fair to both
the Red Guards and the White. He
explains why there was so much
hatred. He says: "A class war, espe-
cially to the conservative side, has
something of the uncanny quality of
an earthquake. This probably ac-
counts for the panic fear which Is at
the bottom of such reprisals as the
Whites made in Finland. and the
hatred which iss scarcely distinguish
able from fear" Mr.. Ruhl is hopeful
for Finland. The country will soon be
In more prosperous condition. Even
during the reign Of terror the Uni
versity at Helsingfors continued to
function in a normal manner.
Reconstruction in Esthonia was more
dramatic. The situation reminds one
Of the breakdown of slavery in our
own Southland. There was almost as
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
He Meets o. Henry

MY full-dress suit had lost one of
it's tails by this time; the white shirt
was embossed with little hunks of
dirt and splashes of whisky. Only
the rim of my stovepipe hat was left,
an uncombed red mat stuck out
through the ventilator. With the
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
Al Jennings

AL JenningS'S Through the Shadows
With O. Henry" (F'ly) should be read
either on a train making at least
sixty miles an hour or in quiet room
on hospital street" We. cannot
make up our mind which would be
the better place, but we are sure Of
this much--that wherever it is read
it will be rushed through at sitting.
1t is one of the most thrilling yarns
we ever encountered. Beside the
opening chapters in Mr.. Jennings's
book the five-centers that told of King
Brady and the James boys were the
weakest of pap. His narrative. al
though a trifie too peppery, sweeps
along in a rush of action that is
irresistible.
Much of AL Jennings's highly
colored history is known to the public
either through his lectures or his
earlier book, Beating Back" This
new volume has more to do, as the
title indicates, with his acquaintance
with Q. Henry. He was one of the
few close friends that writer had
But in leading up to his first meet-
ing with William Sydney Porter,
whom he found refugee in Hondu-
ras, jennings races through the story
of his early life. There are few to
match it. He rode the range at an
age when most kids are playing
marbles; he killed his first man when
most kids are playing hockey. 1t is
a story of extraordinary ups and
downs, Of intermittent violence, set
down with exceptional vividness.
In the midst of it, he and his
brother, Frank, robbed a bank and
fled with $4,000 to South America.
They had intended to go to the South
Sea Islands, but were nearly caught
as they attended ball in New Orleans
and commandeered the captain of a
tramp banana steamer. They land in
Trojillo, Hunduras, where the meet
ing with Q. Henry took place.
The New York herald., 1922-01-22

full story of what happened to bring
him there. Tie chapters dealing with
their life in prison convey a terrible
picture of what that confinement
meant in the closing years Of the last
century.
The New York herald., 1922-01-22

occupied with world in which every
body seems to have a milestone hang
ing about his neck day and night.
We do not ask him to picture a
world in which Pollyanna is queen,
but we wish he would now and then
show us man or a woman who is
not wondering why life is so rotten.
And in spite of these objections. we
recommend THE TriumpE Of the Egg
to readers who are looking for some
thing better than machine made fic-
ton. One may quarrel with the book
but not ignore it.
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
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The New York herald., 1922-01-22
NEW MASTERS OF THE BALTIC. BY
Arthur Ruhl. Z. P. Dutton Il Co.

r. RUHL is a keen observer.
He has the true journal
ist instinct for getting ac.
The New York herald., 1922-01-22
Boston Inspector
On, immigration

THE SIEVE; OR REVELATIONS OF
THE MAN MILL. BY Feri Felix
Weiss. Boston. The Page Company.
\ |R. wEISS's book has the SUBJ
MI title Being the Truth About
- American Immigration" II
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06
MASONRY IN TEXAS
THREATENED By KHAN
tCoNTINUEr FROM PAGE oNEl

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl
over that ihc officers boz charge 81 the
kn kut knu hav, also condemned
u.b efforts ou th, par, a., their subor'
lInlies
a. another point ho said.
"a ltIgr reports thl' that one 81 it,
u,u,bor md stated Openly that he
.,uIi IuuE hau any one who applied
fr Initiation whom ho knew To be
u.ulaT e.. Iur ia kluN l\lan was ask
od % lhR yaa sufficient reason for re-.
irctng candidate
"Au,WcI hold thar ~ the brother
.rcv u.url Di he organization and its
w..sug O. tcd justified in black hall
ul tacm uas his privilege % de- So.
u.i iH.. POI. own knowledge Of them
,cHl r.c o.. hc.ic,, tA,y should hc regard
40 200 10. sam. Hgat JOSS any other poliu'
ul e.. .e,.un organization Bui ! laid
uu oAm. .u amy knowledge Of their
Nubug
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06
TRADING In PA ERS BRISK
Ar MINOR league Meeting;
San TONE OFFERS 10 men

his osll for n chicago meeting and gath.
al his forces In New York next week.
Trading in the baseball market De'
came sp brisk today that something en-
tireh new in bartering systems was
stated by ~ J. Benson. president OF
tho san Antonio club Of the Texas
League.
Benson postcd lis, Of ten ball play
crs ON the pillars Of the hotel lobby
with the announcement that Ill q them
were ON the market. The prices fluc.
u,atcd when big deals were reported.
but before ths day was over Bensoa
managed to trade Catcher Johnny
Brock ono ~ the Athletics whose namc
was posted, for Pitcher Marshall OF At
lania.
pitcher James Baghy. veteran with
Tho cleveland Americans was sold to'
day 10 the Pittsburgh Nationals Baghv
has been with Cleveland Tor five years.
The minor lclguors held brief session
this afternoon heard Secretary Far
relrs report and adjourned until tomor'
row.
tains. The curtains In Mrs Phillips
cell were down and this delayed dis
coyery 81 the escape.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06

You cant keep good team down.
Know tn iatertg The Golden sand
storm has picked itself ~. shook tho
dust out 81 rs gold and black bl,nkcts.
and yelled for more. Chlldross viii be
herr saturday Ia play post season
game.
Amarillos ancient enemy win have
nobody 10 blame hut herself. however.
II the Sandies prove that tney still have
that fighting spirit. According 10 chi.
dress, the Golden Sandstorm was so1r.d
20 met them on the field So having
followed intcrscholnHtlc league instruo.
lions ~ 20 matching gaines and there.
fore not being able 40 met the boy
from down the line before. the saud.,s
are now ready TO clash with them
Whether Amarillo wins or loses means
nothing In the state race Of course our
team has already hcon defeated hg 1r
other good team and that is 600 owe.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06
SAYS SISLER
WOULD Be STAR
ON GRID FIELD
BY Rnly E.an.

George Sislor of the So Louis BROWN
IL tho greatest alliupnd hall pIt,r Boz
the game today.
Sislcr be- short'N dine io flll hrIr in fH.
crown ~ tho Frwioa exponent ~ OBJ,
national pnstimc rs Cobb s..lr I
the logical successor.
Recently while talking u F,ldnr
Yosi, George Little and several Dth'
former star Michigan players. the mann.
~ Sisler was brought mp
A fcw minute hoforo tho question
~ opou.fieid runnug hld becn d.
cussed. Coach Liiilo had Iust said
number ~ complimentary things ahnW
Ilalflaclg kipko uf the Michlru varsity
what a wonderful end or buck nclo
PLAYER sislor would htv, madc u n
hid come out for football" remarked
one 81 the assistant coaches
In the dnys OF sislor sf Michigan
we had "a couple of mighty good ln"s
remarked another mentor go sIaiof
Ind been playing halnock in thus.
DAYS be- would hnve been ahlo 10 erf H
good start an every play often tho on
position would have needed motto
cycle to have oyertakrn him"
yes often watched Slsl'r run
ming the ms.- n baseball remarked
Chief a. the players and assisiHuI
coaches invariably rDioe to YosJ "Evcr,
time ! SAW hm Hal 90 btso I would
wish that hId someone boo my hlrh.
field as nFl ns him player with
Sisters speed backed lr hF o. good line
would have l4an enough ult,rM a.
have made u greet UU3.h 0ui 0f an or
binary Ouc
Sister - the tvpr ~ athlete whaA
great natural ability plus q keen brain
would hato made h0m star in amy
branch OF sport thai De- took np. wla
the ntting tribute YOsi riid the man
who was 'pri season picked lg thr most
valuable b1ll PLAYER m tho American
League
Had mot Sister 90. dei uu baseball aa
10 career after h' eUi ouf of college b.,
probably vouii have taken H Whirl ai
thc gTIdiruu gnmr SIelrr wac a pitcher
during bis co'l,r, dlre lnd great one
lir was advised AGAINST PLAYING foot
tall because off thc H.f tbat even q
slight injury tp Docs pitching arm mighi
ruin h.s mlior league pifccr
Sislet mtd' ls Nmklcau Loagu,
dcpui Feel pitcher and made good from
the start %, al-o showed such NATURE
ability 90 M. bat and great speed col
the bases that 10 v1a folt be- should p,
Boa The gam, rvcrv dlv instead ~ cyor'
fourth day rs is customary with .
pitcher.
II was decided to make him over Int,
first haseman when Sislcr qur
pitching boz WIS rfohauly the best south
paw iu the American League. seldom
does great pitcher quit that position
to take nIcI 40 something else
IN % very short timo after shfuw
90 FIRST iusr Si,hr demonstrated o.. $50.
oven more VslHabIc tu tnr Browns .
that position To-Day Do, t the pf...,.
FIRST haa'Wau of thr majors th, letHn.
hitter OF tb' Amuriuu League o. ulH.
other departments az tbp game h. t'.
leads
Thus ihr helof of the N.H..
cuachos that Sslcr would have I..
ts great e sridira star 1s hs is 300 ll.
bal is NOT without foundation
10 sislcr had plav,l o1ll,-p football
nis greatest difficulty would have boon
following his intsrf,reure usau ,
his great speed ID probably would alt.
often b,on too slow f0r hlm
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06
Promoter is
after RIVALS
FOR DEMPSEY
10y MA Scr,hr

~ Nfsh NfthNf
ENGLAND o. be- So ,.
h.g. hufsy athlete nd hat, ans . ...
aspirations. here b. Nuuf ,t.r.
Jerry Sachs. Cleveland L., n. .r.-..i.
e. b. BOD thr market fnr n h.1.. u. .If
who wouldn't hVo ny d..
winning JACK prmrsYs H..sf.rm
title
To- an effort ,u iiud iri ar nd.t .lu.I
sachs Iians to hold heavyweight ,II
mina,ion tournament In Cleveland. ftarf
IuF ns.~ o.
hs winner of th.s faH -namnrf uII b.
immediately graduated into tar rr0
f'ssioual Glars. lHd u.I D, given ever.
isussihls atsuiiOn lu sn ,'f,ri fo dese.nl
BIN as hsatyuerht mieudf q De-
To- intention t1 hr.ng ti.l winner tlonr
~ SLOW stages uuii b. Dr. ready fa r.eff
a. letter Ciae ~ Be- WEIGHTS " tl
DCmusfy a. course az th final rui
BoxluF cKrcrcrrr 81 re creonfi.
Erdurnnes ~fsmins. eDH sc nr1 tf
minatlon o. suCOesd aIe % mrI.
tial
Here are TIE 0lHf fH
MUCH bright G o. la irH
weight. ise poundi more
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06

AUSTIN u.. APPEAL from tbr
G... .nn ol judge George Calhoun, o, 90
Travis County district count today h0l'.
ue ODE. two por cent gross receipts tax
.ttI un uu,l|r, companies npcut
ln- u TDUs unconstitutional was com.
p''f.I bv A- st1nt Attorney GcncuI
THrE Kemp tpu.sht ud win De- filled
u tHr roW of civil appeals tomorrow
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06
CLARA PHILLIPS
AIDED IN ESCAPE
.coNTtNr'rp FRnN pAor nN-.

fpN1tN''Ep FROM pAnt nN~
not appeared She asked other prison.
crs concerning her and they said sho
was around Lorr som, place still un.
able to locate her. tho m1irul resumed
beer routine work and then. she said .t
woman who occupied crll adjoining
that 90 Mrs Phillips told h,r that Mrs
Phillips had escaped
Cells Have Curtains,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-06

Ta Hak, IH. ruul schools as good as
iH. otis school. $50 are told that tho
,.nfr schools should le kept open
700 I.f.i un, mHufs# .u tb' wear. should
la-h Iv l.uu teachers receiving
I.u. IaN Dob better schoolhuuses with
..,fer .Wum,Ht Money win buy These
aHI 200 IN. either THINGS that now 20
n mE. oar ,iv schools better thaa
.U.. rMal schools.