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Evening journal., 1922-03-16

Old--fashioned Revival. Every
night Volunteers of America. SOS
Shipley. Everybody welcome.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1922-03-16
Unusual Stories
ABOUT UNUSUAL PEOPLE

NORMAN, Okla.-Grant SpanEler.
arts and sciences student at the Uni
versity OF Oklahoma. claims the
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Our Poets Corner

For Verses Written Specially for
The Evening Journal
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as a life guard.
Spangler's only 10 now.
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SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
BILLY WuNGO. good-natured range
rider Of Golden Bar, is elected sherin
OF Crocker County by the gang or
politicians and cattle thieves who be
ieve that Wingo is too easy going to
Interfere with their activities.
HAZEL WALTON. niece OF an honest
ranch owner. saves Billy from being
shot from ambush by
JACK MURRAY. disappointed candi-
date but she Is unable to make
Billy resign from the office after
members Of the gang have threaten
ed 20 kill Wingo n he fails TO carry
out their orders. Billy and Hazel
quarrel
RAFE TUCKLETON. wealthy cattle
thief fears that Tom Walton has
evidence against the gang, but Tip
O'Gorman. political leader. refuses TO
agree to hiring
DAN SLIkE a gunman, 10 Kill Hazel s
uncle. Judge Driver, another politi-
clan. tells O'Gorman that Wingo has
appointed two honest deputies, Shill-
man and Tyler
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II was the next day that Arthur
BALE. the district attorney, called on
Ire new sheriff. He was a heavy
iowled. heavy-handed. heavy-bodied
Individual. with black hair. close set
Eyes. and what was curiously at
ssriance with those heavy jowls, a
ong and pointed nose.
"I hear you've appointed Shillman
md Tyler deputies" Rale said ac-
.uslngly You've got TO cancel
heir appointments"
"Got to?"
Got to-"
II must be gettin' deaf" drawled
Billy. Seems like I heard you say
got to-"
we can't have you upsetting our
plans in any way. Wingo. 1 order
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
RockLand

Mrs. Ralph Peterson entertained the
following to dinner Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. Lew Hampton and daughter, Mrs.
Jim Frodsham and daughter Pearl and
Ernest Cool.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hunter were shop
pers in Rockland Monday.
Ed. Morris was an American Falls
visitor Monday.
The seventh and eighth grades took
State examinations last week.
G. w. Fugate was a visitor in Rock
land Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ira Allen left We'd
nesday for Salt Lake where they will
visit relatives and friends a few weeks.
Scott Spears transacted business in
American Falls Saturday.
E. e. Taylor spent a few days in Po-
catello last week visiting relatives and
friends.
S. S. May was a week end visitor in
Rockland.
Gene BarkdalI of Bonanza Bar spent
Sunday in Rockland.
Earl Cooper of Roy was in Rockland
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Darling were Wis
itors in American Falls Monday.
J. F. Hautzinger transacted bust
ness in American Falls Thursday.
r. w. Peterson attended a commits
sioners meeting in American Falls
Monday.
Ed. Hartley of Roy spent Monday in
Rockland.
Mr.. and Mrs. McLain of Landing Wis
tied in Rocklahd Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Morris, Miss
Louise Richardson, Miss Cassie Jen-
sen and Roy Cowman were week end
guests at the Nip" Nelson home at
Bonanza Bar.
Grandpa Cotant transacted business
in Rockland Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Garfield of Roy
were shoppers in Rockland Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Taylor of Twin
Falls are visiting a few days with rela-
tives and friends in Rockland.
]. 7. Fisher of American Falls trans
acted business in Rockland Thursday.
Mrs. Victoria Houtz is confined to
her home this week on account of ill
ness.
Mrs. p o. Sheer of American Falls
was a guest at the ]. e. Ogden home
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. Gerard and Mrs. Ben
Spillett gave a party in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Clpde Hansen at the Relief
Society building on Tuesday last. The
evening was spent in a social way with
music and readings. Delicious re-
freshments were served. There were
fifty-six present.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Bartlette return
ed from Pocatello, Friday. Mrs. Bart
lette has been in the hospital in Poca-
tello and her many friends are glad
to have her home again.
Chas. DonneIly of Heglar, spent the
fore part of the week visiting his fam
lily in Rockland.
Clyde Hansen moved his family to
his ranch Wednesday,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
Roy

Mrs. Minnalou Rieman and infant
son returned home from the Falls
Thursday.
l.. H. Parsons was an American
Falls visitor Wednesday. While In the
Falls he was a visitor at the home of
George Tussing.
John Garfield with his wife and
children were called to the bedside of
Mrs. Canfield's mother Mrs. /. NAL
colin, at Spokane, returned home last
week. Mrs. Garfield and children ex-
pect to stay a few weeks longer. The
friends of Mrs. Malcolm will be glad
to hear that she is getting along nice
ly.
Mrs. r. Kissen of American Falls
arrived in Roy Thursday to visit rela-
tives.
j. F. Dewitt of Twin Falls was a
Roy visitor last week.
Quite a number of young people
from Landing took in the show at Roy
Saturday night.
Will Scrimsher, Mrs. Bessie Roy and
Miss Liela Armstrong of American
Falls took in the show at Roy Saturday
night and spent Sunday at the home
fof Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Armstrong.
NAo. GolA COVPN WIZ udS DeSu III
with the flu is able to be up and
around again.
Henry Rieman underwent an opera
ton at American Falls last week and
is getting along fine.
The many friends of Mrs. G. G. Bart
lett are glad to hear that she has inn
proved in health and has been moved
from the hospital at P~ocatello to her
home in Rockland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Vanderhool
and H. O. Pollard of American Falls
took in the minstrel show at Roy Sat
urday might.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Kildew, Miss
ldabelle Kildew and Johnny of Rock
land spent Saturday at the home of
; Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Glasscock, taking
! in the show at Roy in the evening.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Directors of the Aberdeen-Spring-
field Canal Company has by resolu-
ton passed the 4th day of April, 1922,
called a Special Meeting of the Stock
holders Of the Aberdeen-Sprinfieid
Canal Company to be held at Aber-
deem, Idaho, on Friday, April 21st,
1922, for the purpose Of deciding
whether said stockholders wish to pur-
chase more storage water, and what
they wish to do in the matter Of the
Snake River Improvement Irrigation
District; and for the purpose of trans
acting such business as may proper
ly come before the meeting.
Aberdeen-Springfield Canal
Company.
BY Mabel H. Arms, Sec'y.
81 5-21
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
Landing

Mn and Mrs. w. c. Groom and child
rem were Rockland shoppers Monday.
]: w. May was a Rockland visitor
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Hess were Rock
land visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. d. Mclean were
shoppers in Rockland Monday.
Mn and Mrs. August Rieman and
family were visitors 1t the J. E. Had
ley home Tuesday.
Mr.and Mrs. w. G. Groom and child
rem Raymond and Virgia, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Clausen and children Mildred
and Vernon and Mrs. j. e. Hadley and
children Carl, Alvina and Doris were
the guests of Nh. and MRS. T. d. Nc
Lean Thursday.
Mrs. ]. w. May and daughter Doris
Dean returned to their home Friday
after spending a week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Carse Beam.
Mrs. Joe Byington has returned to
her home after spending a week with
her daughter Mrs. Scott Darling at
Minidoka, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clausen and
children Mildred and Vernon were the
guests of Mn and Mrs. Robert Garfield
Tuesday.
j. r. Kemper started in spring work
but when this big snow came he de-
cided to give it up until it was spring.
MI. and Mrs. Clarence Hunt had to
take their infant son to American Falls
Thursday for medical treatment.
w. G. Groom was an American Falls
visitor last week.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
ELIAsON DISTRICT ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Cox have moved
to the Roy MacNiel ranch a, central
Hall.
Mn and Mrs. Clyde Hansen have
moved from Rockland to the dry farm.
Pete Anderson and Pete Christensen
have been pruning the orchard on the
Josephson ranch.
Bob Hunter was a business visitor
at American Falls Tuesday.
Frank Meadows and son Elwood
were at the Home Ranch Monday to
get their horses that have been fed
there for six weeks.
Joe and willard Thompson and
Emile Alice were called to American
Falls Thursday evening OF account OF
the serious illness of Mr.. Thompson.
Bob, Bert and Ralph Kelly spent
Tuesday at the Thompson ranch on
Lower Creek.
Nels Davis returned to the home
of Mrs. H. S. Walker, Jr, after sepnd-
ing a week at the Home Ranch.
Joe Nelson was an American Falls
visitor Friday.
Andrew and RUDE Draper spent last
week hauling hay.
Ellis Allen was a caller at Eliasons
Wednesday,
Dan Altmyer and Shorty Williams
are hauling hay from the Home Ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Koker, Mike Minear
and Dick Stafford we're American Falls
visitors Monday.
DR.. Maxwell was called to the home
of Larry Robinson Sunday to attend
their sick baby. The child died Mon
day morning.
Water meeting was held at the home
of Edw. Hunter Monday for the U. 8
Ditch Company.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
CLASS PLAY AND UTNEY
DANCE ENTERTAIN ROCKLAND

The Sophomore Glass put on a play
entitled "a Case Of ~Suspention," Fri
day evening, at the Brick Hall. The
evening was an entire & The
Freshman class sold ice cream and
after the play the Sophomore class
gave a jitney dance.
The entertainment began with a pro-
gram and was as follows:
Vocal solo-Lodema Hampton.
instrumental sblo-Frances Haut-
Finger.
Reading-Mrs. VIM. Freeman.
instrumental solo Jene Reed.
Reading-Elsie Tyler.
Song-Elsie Allen and Rowene May
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
MEADOWBROOK MINSTRELS GIVE
ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENT

An entertainment of a Negro Min
strel show was given at Roy Satur-
day night by Mrs. Clyde Holloway,
teacher of the Meadowbrook school.
Those taking part were MIR. and Mrs.
Clyde Holloway, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete
Lish, Miss Lish, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Campbell, Will Marquam and a few
others whose names we failed to get,
all of Meadbrook. A large crowd
was in attendance and enjoyed many
a hearty laugh. The entertainment
was enjoyed by all present.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
ANOTHER SURPRISE.

Erma Gerard gave a surprise party
on Lulella Hansen on Monday after
noon at the Hanson home. Those pres
en- were Erma Gerard, Philis Weir,
Pearl Jensen, Hortense and Maggie
Robinson, Loreene Ralph, Vera Tyler,
Anna Fifield, Jane Reed, Freda Miller,
Josephine Frodsham, Lodema Jensen,
Lloyd Allen, Floyd Byington, Farald
Nelson, Harold Tyler, Ray, Oren and
Frank Spillett, Ivan May, Orland Mel
son, Roy Hanson and Raymond Haut-
ginger.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
FOR GUEST

Mrs. Henry Jensen entertained at
cards on Saturday in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. N. Taylor of Twin Falls who
n visiting a few days at the Jensen
home. Those present were as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Ralphs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Gerard, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Halling, Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Ralph, and
Mn and Mrs. Roy Robinson. High
honors were won by Mrs. Earl Darling
and Henry Jensen. Lunch was serv-
ed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
PARTY.

Mrs. E. G. Taylor entertained a few
friends at her home Tuesday evening
in honor of Mrs. ]. E. Ogden's birth
day. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. e. Ogden, Mn and Mrs. Geo.
Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Taylor.
The evening was spent in playing
ed
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
ATTEND DANCE.

The follwoing people attended the
dance at Roy Friday evening: Mr..
and Mrs. w. O. Groom, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hartley. Misses Leila and Edith
Udy, Lorene Moss and Tillie Marqu-
ham, Messrs. Elmer Hartley, Clarence
Hunt, Victor Moss, Alvin Elsenpeter,
and Shirley Byington.
Tile Markham is spending a few
days with her sister Mrs. Clarence
Hunt and family.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
COMPOSITION CONTEST.

The pupils of Miss Kunkel's school
have been contesting and writing com
positions on Good Teeth and Health"
Evola Kramer and zelda Thompson
were the winners. The prize was a
tube of Colgates Dental Paste.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
ADOPTS RABY.

Mrs. Lynn Byington made a trip to
Boise last week returning with a little
baby boy, is months old. Mrs. Bying-
ton visited the orphan home while
there, fell in love with the baby, adopt
ed it and brought it home with her.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
SNOW ~DISAPpaINTS-

Roy has had another week of snow
which was a big disappointment to
the farmers who expected to go to
work in the fields; altho all the mois-
ture has gone in the ground.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

Clay Ellis was again called to the
bedside Friday of of his father who is
critically i'll at the Bethany Deaconess
hospital at American Falls. Not very
encouraging news of Mr.. Ellis condi-
ton has been received
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
ROCKLAND CHURCH SERVICES.
Congregational Church.
]. e. COWMAN. Pastor.

- L. W HA1B ~
Sunday School IL a. m. Mrs. j. E.
Cowman, Superintendent
Preaching at u a. m. You will al
ways find a welcome at these services.
Come and worship with us.
l.. d. s. Church.
Sunday School 1880 a. m.
Afternoon services at 2 o'clock. A
cordial welcome to all.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
or TWO evns

Mrs. Crabshaw-You musi 60 to H.,
dentist and have tina, tooth pulled
Willie-Don't say that, ma I'd
rather get In a fight and have IL
knocked out.=New York Sun.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
seed Pearls Used as Medicine.

Seed Pearls Used as Medicine.
For the low class of se~ed-pearls
there is a constant demand among
Oriental physicians and apothecaries,
who grind them into a powder and
administer 1t to patients as a cure
for many Ills.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
ROBINSON A B DIES.

The Is mothns old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Larry Robinson died Monday with
pneumonia.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14
TAKING No lance

The man who ices from tempts-
tion generally blazes the ;rail 50 he
can find his way back i-Wayside
Tales.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-04-14

Otto Rieman was a Rockland visitor
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

viii keep them absent until the nrst
week In September.
Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
returned to Newport today and Joined
Mr.. Bonaparte in the Morrel cottage.
which they have lessed for the sea-
son. mrs. Bonaparte spent several
days In New York, at the Ritz-CarIton.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

DR.. and Mrs. James A, Cannon, ac-
companied by the formers brother
and sister-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Cannon. will return tomorrow
from Staten Island. where they have
been spending the month of July. Mr.
and Mrs Cannon will remain over the
week end before returning to Staten
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Mrs, Walter r. Tuckerman was
hostess at luncheon yesterday at
Meadow Club. at Southampton. L. i.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Island for the remainder of the sum-

Island for the remainder Of the sum-
mer.
Former Surgeon General of the Navy
Dr. c. F, Stokes. and Mrs. Stokes, of
New York. with Mrs. T. w. Richards
a few days. at the Burlington Hotel.
They are en- route to Annapolis.
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker spent yes
terday in New York. returning to her
summer home at Lenox last night.
She lunched with a small company Of
intimate friends in the Italian garden
Of the Hotel Ambassador.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr..
dinner last evening in Newport.
where they are spending the summer
in the villa of Mrs. Stokes mother,
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Howard C..
Dickinson have arrived in Southamp-
ton. L. l., where they will spend
the remainder of the season with Mrs
James Russell Soley in her villa in
Shmnecock Hills.
Mrs, Walter R. Tuckerman was
Meadow Club. at Southampton. l.. i.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips, jr..
are in New York for a few days and
are at the Plaza Hotel.
Miss Katharine Mackay and her
fiance. Mr. Kenneth O'Brien. will be
the guests of honor at dinner this
evening of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
OBrien, at Shinnecock Hills Golf
Club. at Southampton, L. !.
DR.. and Mrs. d. Percy Eickling
have left Washington for a trip which
Evening star., 1922-07-28

DR.. and Mrs. D. Percy Kickling
have left Washington for a trip which
Evening star., 1922-07-28

row by motor to Eaglesmere, Pa,
where they will remain until Septem-
ber.
Miss Marian Donnelly and Miss
Alice Donnelly, who have been visit
ing thei- sister, Mrs. T.. J. Foster IN,
the -Adirondacks, have Joined their
aunt. Mrs. A. B. Cunningham, at the
McAipin Hotel, New York, for a few
days stay. returning 70 the capital
the end of this week.
Mrs. e. c. Pate and Miss Leila Pate
Of Washington are at the Hotel Tray
more, Atlantic City.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
McMillan-Studds Weddins
S01emnlsed Last Evening.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. We00tAR
S01emnised Last Evening.
The marriage OF Miss Alice Emelyn
Studs. daughter of Mrs A. z. Studds
and Mr: Raymond Arthur Mcmillan,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs A. j. Mcmillan OF
this city, was solemnized last evening
at $50 o'clock by the Rev. ]. ,Henning
Nelms at the rectory of the Church OF
the Ascension. 18th street and Massa-
chusetts avenue. The bride was given
in marriage by her uncle. Mr.. T.
Clifton Howard of Alexandria. and
was attended by her sister. Miss
Helen Howard Studs, as maid of
honor. Mr.. McMillan's best man was
Mr.. Hugh McKenny.
Mr.. MCMILLAN was graduated as a
lieutenant from the Saumur Artillery
School at Saumur. France. and served
oversees with the 140th Field Artillery.
Immediately after the ceremony the
bride and bridegroom left for Niagara
Falls and to visit relatives of the
Bridegroom in Michigan.
Mrs. Lucille E. w. Fehl will be the
hostess for the tea at the Women's
City Club, % Jackson place, on Sun
day afternoon, from 4:3O to 6 o'clock
Mrs. Mary d. Farrar will preside at
the tea table, and Mrs. Marie Stair
Lawyer. Miss N. Blanche Cain. Miss
Wilma Baxter, Mrs. Mabel Manuel and
Miss Rose Moser will assist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ennalls Waggaman
and their son and daughter, Ennalls
Waggaman, jr., and Miss Frances Vir-
ginia Waggaman, will start tomor-
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips, jr..
are In New York for a few days and
are at the Plaza Hotel.
The New York herald., 1922-11-12

high trapeze, but insists on giving his at
tention to the insignificant cardboard man
given away with every program) Equally
well observed is the promptness with which
a child's interest may shift. ''Zazou is tast-
ing the lazy delights of the swing" Tin the
Luxembourg gardens). He gives himself
over TO it, grooming song He viii stay
there till night; he viii stay there all his
life. But no.. Suddenly he exclaims:
Enough" He insists on getting down:
he must go elsewhere. One does not have
to wait till one reaches the age of Barnabe
(an adult) ito experience causeless fatigue
caprice and sudden boredom"
l have said that Duhamels attitude is
not scientific. This does not mean that his
observation is inaccurate nor that it is
superficial. He describes the great expert
ences of the little child. such as tasting
everything, learning to walk, initiating the
work of adults and so on. He also describes
the first manifestations of his passions:
self-consciousness, pride, pity, friendship.
In many case Duhamel gives evidence of
much penetration coupled with a gift of
presentation which drives his observation
home with much pleasure to the reader
quote, as an example of this. a passage
shedding much light upon the physiological
stages of child's growth more particu-
larly that of his eye and mind Perspective
is convention held in honor by highly
developed civilizations The little man lives
in a space having but two dimensions.
This space has breadth and length, but no
depth; it is scarcely more than surface.
All things appear painted on a SCREEN
the eye, lacking impulse, seeks hardly to
penetrate further, the hand shoots forward
to seize. . Ii is in the direction of
its depth that we discover the world The
little fellows space acquires its third di-
menson as it were by slow biddngs. A;
first timidly. then with a boldness that
grows with every day. the eye sets out
upon the conquest of the waste. II pushes
off the back drop further, ever further.
The hand. having given up no longer
reaches out. The time comes when the
little fellow can see even to the stars and,
The New York herald., 1922-11-12
Foreign Books
Continued from Preceding Page.

him to pick out that which We do not
see; it also enables him to reveal the
beauty of observations which we ourselves
have made but forgotten. He fills the reader
with gratitude, pointing out the neglected
riches of his own treasure. He recalls the
poignant anxiety of the parent who. when
the child cries, waits, with pain, for the
moment when it will catch its breath "la
reprise d'haleine." as Duhamel puts it,
Which one of us who know children has
not been often led to mediate on the pos
sibe superficiality of our adult appraise
ments when noting how impossible it is to
hold the child's attention on the things
which impress us most. (Duhamels Ber-
nard. when at the circus, is not at all
struck by the evolutions of the man on the
The New York herald., 1922-11-12

still unsatisfied. searches further yet. This
is rapid development: At the age of fif-
teen months he cries out, as he looks at
the heavens. "Oh. the lamp" A year later
he says most correctly, "Oh. the moon,"
BY that time he has already been recon-
ciled to do without a great many things"
The New York herald., 1922-11-12

ENGLAND. MY ENGLAND. BY d. Ii. Law
renee. Thomas Setzer.
"HE Lawrence of these short stories
is, on the whole a more attractive
incarnation than the later Law
renee of the spectacular. super-Freudian
novels. These are spectacular enough, and
the Freudian note is present. But he is
assuredly a better artist here than in the
more pretentious books. 1t is always. how
others. He writes in the manner of a per-
son who must talk in a loud voice. very
rapidly and Often excitedly That manner
is fatigung after large dose of il one
has the feeling of WEAKNESS that comes
after listening too long to a pulpit thump-
ing exhorter. But it is undeniably brilliant;
trenchant, cutting deeply. after the fashion
of a surgeon in search of hidden trouble.
And it always presents but one phase of
the character under dissection. whereas the
novelist should be able to show his people
in more than one aspect. Even the muir
derer is not engaged in numbering all the
time and there are other facts about him
that one needs to know besides the fact
that he is a murderer. This volume con-
tains ten short Stories of very even quail
ity. The first attains the proportions of a
novelette, and is more broadly conceived
than the others, which are of statutory
dimensions and normal construction.
The New York herald., 1922-11-12

Such passages as these show that if Du-
hamel is not literally scientific, his OBJ
servation is none the less acute and search
ing. For the intellectual curiosity. which
is the prod of the scientist. he substitutes
the no less enlightening spur of the heart
that loves.