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New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
The Sunday Iribunes News and Reviews of RooIs
Under Western Ewes
By Achmed Abdullah

great talent who, hav;nc Az
OF resolving his soul in h,a hra;
his emotions in his MORAY nr;rs;.dns anu
therefore but rarely fails to nrava IA.
point; a man honest In no fsr =, hs
sees s tnings without spectacles. hnt
disnonest In SO Tar as tha th;n
wnich ne sees are usually those wh;ch
no wants to sees q man. thouvh ~ =
suriy, splendid, wire-drawn rec4;tmd.
sa! a. .nls may appear ungracious. un-
,a'r. For which am sorry. For ths
peok as indeed, in a certain wav. n
n.isssohe a. IN the steadily growing iit-
eaasuTe ABOUT the Orient; and If the
conclusions at which arrive d;ffer frass
NJ. Russell's, then / have mo- r;a,,+ I'm ~
voice them or criticize his, unless ca~ "
prove mine more successfully than ha
which ! cannot. What, somehow
spoils the book for me is that Mr. Rms,
sell, congenital pacifiat, has the idea
that the right way to conduct a war i,
to say it with flowers, and that Emra1
pean aggression may eventually MAKE
oI China an aggressive, military na-
.len. And there are two things which
mr. Russell does not take into account.
one Is that China, far from having
Always been peaceful nation. has
peen ior centuries conquering nation.
sssslongiy lmpertaiistic and centralized.
europe has an idea of the Tartar. the
Mongol, the Turk, the Manchu. ths man
on horseback, having always invaded
ana looted China; but then back home
IN Central Asia we are taught a dif
ierent tale--are taught that our inya-
sions We're nearly always the result of
Chlna's aggressive policy beyond her
western and northern borders.
The second thing which Mr.. Russell
does not consider sufficiently is the
tact that China is like huge rubber
,nali. You can make an impression on
IL as long as you press 1t with all your
strength; but take your fingers away
TOR second, and the ball jumps back
into place, as round and smooth and
bland as ever it was before. China
has patience and wisdom and all the
ironic resiliency of the Orient. China
will survive all the missionaries and
American tobacco drummers and Brit
lsh chartered accountants and French
cocottes and Belgian adventurers. 1t
Will even survive it's present crop of,
Harvard-bred, bespectacled Cantonese
Junior statesmen, who have forgotten
the eternal Tao of their own race in
the bloody fetishes of Anglo Saxon
dom: There is just a possibility that
Pekin will stand and prosper after
Manchester and Chicago are in ruins.
But, after all, that is just what Mr..
Russell thinks, though he expresses it
less crudely.
There is no need to speak of Mr..
Russell's felicity of style and his su-
preme power Of logic. There is enough
proof of tkat in his former volumes,
chiefly his political Ideals" and "Pro-
posed Roads to Freedon7.'
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

Mrs. T. G. Winfer,
President of the General
Federation of Women's
Clubs, says:
81 laughed all the way
through at the things
which ! had forgotten and
are lived again in her
pages. The book is de-
lightful; the characterize
ton extraordinarily good
it is extraordinarily
absorbing
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

heartbeat is an artist as we'll as a
writer. The Savage Club in London
owns several of his pictures and May
Sinclair cherishes two as among her
most priced possessions.
JOHN COURNOS, who wrote Babel
IS sometimes supposed to be English,
put he IS really an American citizen,
OF Russian extraction, though he has
spent the last three years in London,
and "Babel' was written there.
Although "Doubting Castle" ELINOR
CHlPP'S recently published first novel,
is laid in England, the author is an
American, and it appears has never
seen England
MRS. CORA WILSON STEWART.
author of "Moonlight Schools" draft ed
the act creating the first illiteracy
commission, and to large extent is
responsible for the rapid growth of
the adult night school. The idea for
the moonlight schools came to her, ap-
propriately, while she was superin-
tendent of schools in Rowan County,
Ky.
A. A. MILNE says that "The SUNNY
Side is the last volume of humorous
sketches he will ever write, because
such writing depends for it's merit
upon "the high spirits and irresponsi-
bility of. youth" With advancing years,
he says-and years are always advanc-
lng-such writing becomes mechanical.
genuine Spanish shawl, seen and
bought in shop in Havana, was the
initial inspiration of JOSEPH HER
GEsHElMER'S new novel, "The Bright
Shawl" And he also had in mind the
dancer Dolores, who came to New York
with "The Land of JOY" and died here
suddenly. From these two beginnings
the story grew of itself.
Two. presses are kept running day
and night to supply the demand for
VILLA GATHERS Zone of Ours"
her latest book and first best seller.
RENE MARIAN, although an African
negro by birth, was educated in France
IN the severest classical tradition.
The result was "Batouala."
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

circumstances, is it SO absolutely with.
out hope as that of the Robert Gregorys
OF London's suburbsl MIR. Owen is al
ruthless In his realism as George
G!ssing, and he does not suffer. q,
Gissing did, from attacks of morbio
sentiment He shows us his pitifuI
nero as the product of his environ.
inent, unable to escape living the life
OK slave because he himself is dis.
honest little worm, fit only for seryi.
tude. 1t is depressing and horrible
oooh' put as human document it is
one OF the most remarkable things
which nave appeared in the last ter
l have often wondered why it IL tim,
preaching Is usually left exclusively 10
the parsons. There are enormous
NUMBERS OF excellent, well-meaninc
good-hearted young men who take no
interest in conventional religion, but
VINO, nevertheless, are anxious to full
hll their duty to their neighbor and
TO enjoy. their lives without involving
elther themselves or other people in
dishonor. This type of youth shuns q
church ikea fever hospital, but that
does not make him unwilling to listen
to good counsel or unable to profit by
the experience and advice of his elders
It is for such young men that Mr.. Sey-
mour Hicks, the popular actor-man-
ager, mas written his little volume of
lay sermons called Difficulties: An At
tempt to Help" The book is full of
good sense and right feeling, emf
nentiy practical and unusually out
spoken.
Gerald Cumberland. who first at
tracted attention by volume of i'm
pertinent personalities entitled "Set
Down in Malice has lately been MAX
ing steady progress as novelist. He
chooses strong" themes, of real hu-
man interest, and handles his plots
with skill. His latest book, "A Lover
at Forty" is much the best thing that
ne has yet done. Mr.. Cumberland is
reader" to Mr.. Grant Richards, the
well known London publisher, on
whose behalf he has made some no.
table discoveries.
My friend Alfred Kreymborg has
just arrived in London from Germany,
which he reached by way of Rome and
Rapallo. And the boat which carries
this letter brings with it to New York
John Cournos--I hope to enjoy all the
success which his years of hard work
have earned him.
Shaw Desmond, an ebullient Irish.
man from County Mayo, who began his
career as journalist and orator on "The
Clarion" under Robert Blatchford, has
recently returned, as an explorer, to
his native land. Thanks to his great
skill as an interviewer and to his com.
bined sincerity and persuasiveness, he
has been able to see and hear things
hidden hitherto from even the most
sympathetic Investigators. The result
is volume, called "The Drama of
Sim Fein," which Collins will publish
in September.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

~ UPposING that women wan.
a. plays in which they alone take
lk part. and supposing that they
~ are satisfied with just that, is-
they will, think, fnd themselves well
provided for in "A Treasury Of plays
for Women" compiled by Frank Shay,
| In this volume there are some eight
! cen, of these eighteen have read
seventeen, OF the seventeen like three,
OF the three l respect one. For nm
| qualified approval find nothing.
The one that has my respect is Edna
st. Vincent Millay's "The Lamp and
the Bell" This play, written more or
less to order, achieves at times a 90
ing toward beauty. 1t never, alas,
pursues you to the last, furthest cor
ner Of the lovely, painful, unknown
certainty.
Sometimes, thinking Of Edna Millay.
l am brought to morose questionings.
This girl, who can write line so ex-
actly to terror as:
What has happened here? The air
is full of breathing"
One SO on the sharp edge of love-
II shall never think of you
Throughout my life, without such ten
derness
AS breaks the heart"
one that puts justice within the reach
Of the criminal:
"If there be knave among YOU
Let him live thoughtfully till return. !"
and that sentence that seems to have
more women catalogued than one:
Fear not, my love, your daughters
head will doubtless
IN Its good time, put up it's pretty hair,
chatter, fall dumb. go moping in the
rain,
Be turned by Aattery, be bowed with
weeping,
Grow gray, and shake with palsy over
a staff
All this, my love, as empty of ideas"
AS even the fondest mothers heart
could wish--can at the same time
allow the most shameful Interruptions
of herself. She begins to twitter just
at that moment when she feels herself
saying something we'll. She stops to
smack her art and give it a penny.
She nips it in the bud and then per-
mlts it TO bloom. At best it is q smart
intactness. Her almost psychological
passion for the exclamation .La!"
| should be looked into. 1t is precisely
this "La!" quality that has made her
the editors idol and the young writer's
despair.
There is a certain office, perhaps
more than one-I haven't been to them
all-into which one cannot go, be he
a writer, without being told. before he
goes out again, that Edna St. Vincent
Millay has just the right amount of
feeling and no more, and please go
and feel likewise. Just as there is no
newspaper office into which an artist
may venture without being told, by the
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Personal and Otherwise
Djuna Barnes

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER JEN.
k1NS, author of "The Timber Pirate
is native born Canadian. Hamilton
Ontario, is his birthplace. He got his
literary training in newspaper work
and his local color by being lost in the
forest number of times, hunted by
wolves and treed by moose
SOMERSET MAUGHAM meant to
come to New York about the time
his new book, Con a Chinese Screen
was scheduled for publication. For
reasons unknown, he went to Siam in
stead.
To celebrate the completion of his
latest book, "The Three Lovers
FRANK SWINNERTON decided far in
advance that he would have an old
fashioned plum pudding for dinner
1t so CHANGED that the day on which
he wrote the welcome words, "The
End was the very hottest day in the
summer OF 1921. He was in lodgings
in a Devonshire fishing village, and
his landlady almost refused to cook
him a plum pudding. She wrung her
hands, but at length gave in; the pud-
ding was not only cooked but eaten.
AS the book was finished, the author
did not care whether he lived or died
de did not die, however. Mr.. Swim
merton makes cheering admission for
other authors hearing; he confesses
to being extremely lazy in the matter
Of writing.
Another cherished myth has been
exposed by DIR. WILLIS l.. MOORE
former chief Of the Weather Burear,
IN his book .'The New, Air World, ;"
he says the Gulf Stream has no in
England. u
STACY AUMoNIER, author Of
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Excitement

TWO SHALL BE BORN. BY Marie Con-
way Oemler. Century. 1922.
"NHE girl is Countess Marya, last
of noble Polish line, whose
father holds the key to an in
IN ternational intrigue with which
he hopes to avenge his enslaved
country The boy is Brian Kelly of
godlike proportions, the son of mill
Gonaire Tammany boss. After some
ESQ pages of terrible tribulation they
meet, ''and read life's meaning in each
others eyes" Brought up in poverty
and seclusion, the little countess is
forced to fee Europe with the mysteri-
GUS packet which could set the CONT
nent afiame. In the meantime Brian is
disinherited by his domineering parent
and becomes traffic cop. When Marya,
pursued by the agents of three great
powers, betrayed by her own country
woman, and adrift in the New York
night, is in dire distress, Brian of
course rescues her. When she again
falls into the ruthless hands of her
enemies, it takes all the influence of
Brian's father to save her.
Nobility abounds, and the villains
are punished with brutality that
should satisfy the most exacting. The
story combines the motivation of a
movie with the sentimentality of a
scenario; therefore, it's success is as
sured. The evident ability of Mrs.
Oemler almost raises the book above
its type, and leads one to believe that
she could write a real novel, if only
she could shake off the cinema formula.
G.. r. S.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

art editor, that his pictures are good.
very good, but go home and make more
Of It and less, like Nell Brinkley.
| 1t is as If Edna MiIlay were inappro-
PIRATE. to her gift and itched with it.
This feeling Is not so marked in the
Lamp and the Bell" as il is in some
! Of her shorter poems. She has what
like to call a weekend attitude
toward love. s"T loved you Saturday,
bat la, is that any reason why should
be seen with you Sunday?" Is more or
less what she says over and over. only,
to do her justice, she is not even capa-
Bile of week end; she usually is off
with the old love and on with the new
before either of them know it.
Edna. like the plays in this book, and
probably like all the women who will
play them, grew tired before the scene
was over; the attention did not hold up
to and beyond the murder, UP to and
beyond the joke. 1t is only once in
many hundred of years that some one
finds himself engrossed after the tu-
| mutt and the shouting. jesus is the
| only one can think of at the moment
And this would not be so bad, If
rider is thrown ne is thrown, it's the
voice from the dust that is pitiful:
Behold, am riding better than ever"
they say. Edna chooses TO exciaim,
La do not know but that it is the
best noise of the lot, at that.
OF the remaining sixteen Alfred
Kreymborg's Rocking Chairs" and
"Manakin and Minikin" are entitled to
their due. though personally | do not
care for fancy when its pushed TO the
point of self-abuse. Yet it must be
admitted that Kreymborg is among the
lew who have amused the alphabet
with itself. His is ] shallow gift, but
what a thrifty little meagerness it isl
Strindberg's "The Stronger Woman"
is ladies' He Who Gets Slapped.
in one slap. I wonder which one got
| there first?
Every one must have an opinion Of
his own of Maeterlinck, he has been
so long in one world and another.
However, let me say for those who
might be curious to know how | feel.
that | am positive he has succeeded
in bringing the tremolo to the atten-
tion of God.
There is something about Alice
Gerstenbcrg's Ever Young" that
pleases me. It's not the play itself,
neither is it the tempo or the words
themselves, nor the conception of life
as q whole-it is rather feeling or
corruption about her middle-aged ladies'
most of US insist that old ladies are
mixture of lavender and reflections
there is an aroma of delightful gilt
| about hers, as there is smell of smoke
about the best hams, hang them as
high as you will.
This book, like almost all books in,
the world, is slight defiling of the
intellect. In a lifetime one has read
a sufficient number TO go nicely
smirched to the grave.
P. S.-The play I did not read was
Jane Dransfield's "The Lost Pleiad"
Those interested in why myths leave
nome might peruse it with profit.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

"Kathleen Norris is
the only writer since
Dickens to successfully
take up an obscure fam
lily of plain people and
carry them down through
five generations.
Nashville Banner
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

"It is a more finely
bold and uncompromis-
ingly true novel than gets
written in America in
many a season. More, it
is such a piece of hctional
art,panoramicy minute,
as an entire fiction-pro-
ducing generation may
legitimately be proud of. ;"
FL Paso Times
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

by Ben Hecht (now in its 3rd large
printing! is being so widely dis
cussed, SO furiously defended and at
tackled, that the mere mention Of this
new novel by. the author Of Erik
Dorm is sufficient. $500
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Plays for Women
By Djuna Barnes

A TREASURY OF PLAYS FOR WOMEN.
Edttee by Frank Shay Little. Brown
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

The next award for the best American
Bok-should go to Harry Kemp for his
Tramping on Life. The book is UNIQUE
in America, and, SO far as we know, in
any biographical literature. We have
read the 43S pages not only with the
llveliest interest, but for the most part
with a very real sympathy
Dawson, ". Y. Globe.
"Tramping on Life is one OF the most
enthralling Of modern autobiographies.
It is beautifully simple prose.
-. In addition to simplicity, the
book possesses frankness to high de-
Arizona republican., 1922-01-08

sue of $4,5O0,OOO in bonds will be in
process of being spent, and while it is
impossible to state at this time just
what mileage as a total will have
been completed by that time, it is
enough to state that the good roads
visitors will receive an "eyeful" that
will last them for some time to come.
They are certain to go away from
Phoenix with the impression that this
community, known as Maricopa coun-
ty, stands in the vanguard of the
counties of the United States in high
way development. The value OF this
impression, carried to the four cor
ners o. the United States, will be be-
yond estimate in reckoning the future
investments that are certain to be
made in Salt River valley lands and
enterprises.
1t is expected that every civic or
| ganization, club and association as
well as every individual will be ready
and anxious to assist the committee
! which will be named next Thursday
to handle the local arrangements for
! the convention. Nothing must be left
undone to make of this convention a
great force for the advertising of
Phoenix, the salt River valley and the
state Of Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-08

This great convention, which Is to be
held in Phoenix April "a to 20, Will
draw from all over the United States
great host of prominent individuals
who have been actively engaged IN
the promotion and construction OF
good roads. Word comes from the
headquarters in Birmingham, Ala
that committees are being appointed,
trans portation rates being arranged
and numerous other matters disposed
Of preparatory to the actual work OF
staging the big gathering.
That this means great deal TO
| Phoenix and Arizona is apparent to
any man even who takes the time to
read as he runs. Bringing to Phoe-
nix, as it WILL such men as the gov
ernors Of nearly all the states OF the
union, the directors and officers OF
| the good roads organizations through
out the country, engineers, hlghWay
experts and others identified with
| highway and transportation develop
ment, it will have a far-reaching et-
! feet upon the impression held OF
| Phoenix and the state of Arizona by
the people of the rest Of the country
The magnificent system of roads OF
MaricoDa county will be on the way
toward completion by the time the
! convention assemblies. The second Is
Arizona republican., 1922-01-08
MAXWELL COUPE
IS ATTRACTIN Nc
A I 7 { N 7 | 0 n

The Maxwell coupe OF the new Sc
ries is a car which is assured of
ready recognition for its facilities for
both business and pleasure, accord
ing to r. d. ROPER, Maxwell dis
trbutor
The coupe makes a marked appeal
to business and professional men who
desire comfortable and economical
transportation about the city, TO the
country club and on similar trips.
But it seems also destined to be a
favorite of women who like a coupe
for shopping, social calls and other
runs about town.
The coupe seats four with great
comfort, the extra folding seat facing
forward and slipping out Of sight
when not in use.
The driving mechanism is so placed
that il handles easily and comfort
ably, the clutch action being espe-
cially easy
There is an extra package compart-
ment at the rear of the driving seat
and plenty of space under the rear
deck for carrying luggage on longer
trips.
A rear-view mirror adds to safety
in driving, as does the windshield
wiper, which is regular equipment on
all new series cars.
An added convenience IS a switch
| for lighting only the dainty cowl
! lights and the rear light for parking.
The Alemite system Of chassis lu-
brication is another convenience.
| There are also special foot pads on
| the running boards.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-08

The annual meeting Of the Arizona
Good Roads association, which is TO
81 held in Nogales Jan. 70 ana "a,
romises to be a gathering OF 6 eat
.portance to the highway aeVe,oP- ,S,i
INT of the state of Arizona. Inc
II for the meeting has already peen
4,sued by President Q. G. Parker Oh Oh
rncson and preparations are wen wen
under way for handling the hiee'ii4e
in q most thorough manner.
Governor Campbell has been lnvtteu ~ !.
70 address the gathering, ana II Is
nrobable that Gov. Gen. Angel ioi =
. pf Inc state of Sinaloai Mexico, any
Hon. Thomas II. McDonala' cnlel -oA
nublio roads bureau at Washlnglon,
viii also be in the program II wa
announced yesterday that hon. ,1d "
Norris OF Prescott will appear aiso
Matters of great importance 70 lnt
highway development Of the state ol
Arizona are to come up for consloeI
ation and practically every men
~ the association will attend 10
gether with many others Interested ~ ~
tba cause Of good highways anu WI, VIZ
do not hold membership in the stdt' az,
posociation. p That 1922 and 1928 WI
he wears of road building is cerlaIi
md mrch development looking 20.
yard q comprehensive system Oh sla''