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New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
The Golden L rhine
By Hunter Stagg

brow Of pearl tressed with redolent
ebony, in many dark delicious curl.
flowing beneath her rose-hued zone;
the sweetest lady OF the time, we'll
worthy of the prime of good Haroun
Alraschid. Yes, yes. it Is true
that the author of "Hassan', fell into
the common error of all Western peo-
pies who write of the East, the error OF
placing too great an Importance upon
women--that is, upon the psychology
of women~a thing no Oriental would
dream of doing. They know out there
that women are not, as women, inter
esting, but merely attractive, whereas
this knowledge is withheld from the
Western world, which is ridden by the
superstition that it is necessary to un-
derstand women. Than this supersti-
tion | know nothing more ridiculous,
for of course the real value of women
to man is the means they afford him
of finding out interesting things about
himself and he should leave off doing
that no later than the age Of twenty
five, by which time, If he has used his
leisure we'll, he has learned all that it
is good for him to know about himself
After twenty-five man should, of
course, be even more careful than ever
about recognizing women for what they
are-agreeable, even indispensable,
companions, but as sex no more
worth understanding than himself. On
this side of the world, however, we
seem unable to achieve such an atti-
tude, and especially in our literature
is great pother about the psych ology
of women, and a great struggling to
penetrate into mysterious depths and |
recesses. The many good men who
have devoted their lives to this work !
without even suspecting their right to
demand similar effort on the part OF
women! True, there are now, in our
literature, signs of such an awakening |
among men, but even so we are far
from the admirable understanding of
the Oriental, failing which no tale of |
Eastern life written by Westerner
can be wholly successful. Hassan !
himself, for example, would in. reality
have been the first to laugh and tell
Mr.. Flicker not to bother so much |
about the vicious Yasmin, that it only
mattered that she was beautiful; and
Rafi, another slave of love, would have
similarly advised him in his drawing
of the luscious Pervaneh. Still, both
these ladies are the excuse for much
exquisite writing, and, in any case,
Six columns, three on either
side, pure silver, underdropt rich
throne of the massive ore, from which
down -dropd, in many floating fold,
engarlanded and diaperd with in
wrought flowers, cloth of gold. There
on, his deep eye laughter stirr'd with
merriment of kingly pride, sole star of
all that place of time, | saw HMM
his golden prime, the Good Haroun
Alraschid.
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place among the young
writers of America when she wrote
"The Love Legend" 1t is a fascinating
story; she tells it with ease and grace;
it scarcely ever sags, and most of all.
it is disconcertngly objective and
penetrating.
FIRST novels are always discounted
to some degree, simply because they
are first novels. Woodward Boyd ap
parently was born with an intuitive
sense of form, for, although she does
not follow any traditional set of pre-
cepts, her book has no ragged edges.
it is clean and finished-a delightful
satisfaction. There are many clever
passages, not little scintillant dia-
logue, and an impressive poise that
| suggests much quiet wisdom.
The story is one Of four romances.
Four girls had been taught that love
comes in the form of a Prince Charm
ing riding snow-while charger. and
carries away the sweet, pure, innocent
maiden, who has spent her life keeping
her eyes cast down, so no wicked man
would dare try to kiss her, unless he
wanted to marry her
AS the girls, each so different tenn
peramentally, each searching for dia-
metrically opposed channels of ex
preston, get out into the world, they
fInd that the inevitable contacts with
reality tear away some of the chaste
coverings of the love legend.
The four girls are sisters. Anita.
ward DIZZY lfor Elizabeth) ard Sari,
whose theatrical accomplishment de-
manded a more exotic appelation than
the rather old-maidish Sarah, which
she had been christened. Nita. the old
est wanted to be an artist, and sold a
few posters eventually. She "took up
SCIENCE and the encounters with her
practitioner, related, utterly without
sarcasm or irony, verbatim repetition
OF scores Of just such conversations
that one hears on the train or In the
cars, is one of the most delectable bits
In the story. Nita marries successfully
and acquires motors, a country place
and perfect background for the ex-
preston of her inherent smugness.
Inc love legend of tradition she found
quite compatible with her desires.
Sari, in whom one is greatly in
terested, secretly gets a Job with the
Carlotta Wilson dancers at a North
Shore hotel. She simply walks away
from home and a mother so impossible
that she is not quite convincing, takes
a studio and proceeds to live her own
lie. She is free soul, which she
proves by paying her own check at
the restaurant and sitting up all night
on on the cement steps overlooking Lake
Michigan with Cecil Howe De Jonghe,
newly arrived from ST. Louis, to whom
she never was properly introduced. He
means to work his way through the
musical conservatory and be great
artist. Somehow, they find themselves
married before they actually realize
what has happened They have two
babies in two years, and starve most
of the time.
Texas Flynn, who runs the Custard
Pie Club, which every Chicagoan
knows as the Dill Pickle, takes Sari
and Cecil in and arranges quarters
for them ON the second floor of the
ramshackle building up an alley off
Dearborn Street, where pot pourri of
art, the revolution, birth control, sex
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

HAssAN; A Play. BY James Broy
Fiecker. Alfred A. Knopf,
w-w y HEN the breeze of joyful
"a "a dawn blew free, in the silken
W v sail of infancy, the tide of
time fow'd back with me,
the forward flowing tide of time; and
many a sheeny summer morn, adown
ahe Tigris | was borne, by Bagdad's
shrines of fretted gold, high walled
| gardens, green and old; true Mussul-
man was | and sworn, for 1T was IN the
golden prime of good Haroun Alras-
child. ..
So one Alfred, Lord Tennyson, sew
eral decades ago; and SO, more lately
and after fashion of his own, James
| Elroy Flicker. than whom neither
Brooke nor Middleton was more re-
on the Threshold Of his real work. So,
too, in effect the authors of various
other plays, not to mention Russian
baiets and novels-even Meredith. it
will be remembered, once dipped his
brush in the colors of the Arabian
Nights to paint "The Shaving of Shag-
pat" But Mr.. Flecker's work, being
play, escapes comparison with that
gorgeous fantasy, and-though it has
never, ! believe, been seen upon the
stage and probably never will be--falls
more properly in line with the we'll
recalled "Kismet" and "Omar the Tent
maker" And while it is neither so
good as the one nor so bad rs the
other still The fourscore
windows all alght as with the quintes-
sence of fame, a million tapers haring
bright from twisted silvers look'd to
shame the hollow-vaultedf dark, and
streamed upon the mooned domes aloof
in inmost Bagdad till there seemed
hundreds of cresccnts on the roo of
night new-risen, that marvellous time,
to celebrate the golden prime Of good
Haroun Alraschid.
Though "Hassan" is prose work
Mr.. Flicker was first and foremost
poet, and so, from the viewpoint of
reader at least, did not have 10 be a
remarkable dramatist. What this post
humous book of his may lack as play
it more than makes up in its beauty
of thought and expression, and the
time -dimmed violence of its imagery.
Barring the interventions of the Genii
all the materials of the Arabian Nights
are there, collected about the figure
of the lowly confectioner of Bagdad
whom love drew into one of those mad,
swift adventures of that Cailph VINO
so dearly liked to wander in disguise,
at night, through the mysterious
streets of his city.
Then stole up, and trancedly
gaz'd on the Persian girl alone, serene
with argent-lidded eyes amorous, and |
lashes like to rays of darkness, and a
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

OXFORD BooKsHoP. FIRST h0,ss,'s ~ 81
Americsn and English authors g usslt,ss1 a'
dition. Books by and about Wan s5s,ss ss.ssss
AZ Lexington Ave. Sign Of me sss'
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
The Ten Best Sellers

The following books are reported
by, Brentano's as having the best
sale during the past week:
FICTION
Three Lovers" by Frank Swim
merton tDoran). An English Gin
derella of to-day has to make her
choice among three Princes.
Fair Harbor," by Joseph C. Lin
coin (Appleton). A Cape Cod comedy.
"Tales Of the Jazz Age" bv F.
Scott Fitzgerald (Scribner). Short
stories, mostly about the happer.
~Babbitt," by Sinclair Lewis
SHareourt). A knock for the
Command" by William McFee
Doubleday, Page). An exposition of
ehe romantic possibilities of a very
commonplace man.
"The Boy Grew Older" by Hey
wood Broun (Putnam). The story
OF fathers love for his son.
The Cathedral" by Hugh Wal
pole (Doran). A critical study of
formalized religion in it's effects
upon various human lives.
Swallowed Up," by Mrs. Wilson
woodrow (Brentano). A lively
mystery tale.
England, My England" by D. n
Lawrence (Seltzer). A collection of
searching and sometimes morbidly
analytical long short stories. q
"The Bright Shawl" by Josenb
Hergesheimer (Knopf). A vivid
tragedy of love and patriotism in
Cuba in the eighties.
NON-FICTIoN
Letters of Franklin X. Lane"
lHoughton, Mifflinl. The reyela-
ality.
Life and Letters of Walter n
rage" Doubleday. Page). Memoirs
81 the late American Ambassador to
the Court of st. James, who was
also noted author and publisher.
Short History of the World. bv
Il. G. Wells {Macmillan). An
abridged edition of the "Outline Of
History" "
r Love conquers ALL" by Robert
I Benchley (Holt). Amusing light
sketches OF contemporary foibles.l
Shouts and Murmurs," by Alex
ander Woelleott Century. Side
lights on the drama, by competent
"Tramging on Life" by Harry
Kemp (Boni & Liveright). An ex,
tremely candid autobiography Of
the hobo poet" ~
aDisenchantment,' by C. E. Mon
tague (Brentano). Disillusionaa
reflections on the war and the
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
London Letter
Il AANs
By Douglas GoIdring

would be before one Of II.
of our young critics wouI1 yeaage
iI,esnInyson. Now, at last, g ascoss
NIleholson, who recentlv fysys hsaa
ceiient critical study Of V,s,s aa
done IT. Tennyson is NOT ssts'ile,
at any more. True, tbere g s''sss
regrettable Incidents IN bis az aIe sd
Poems" but ne knew bis eellesl
a iyric poet there are no s,st 1Ft
Alfred. Every intelligent raag Spoi'
average cfitlcal acunen hag 80 ~
thls pro1ound truth lopv 4.ssa
taken 1t for granted. Ruf cs;s ss b
not often write for intelligea,i i,sss s. s
Their job is to lead the 49, @ fsasss
Tennyson Green" will probsbis.sa ]
the rage next year, ~''y es 4
The great d'Annunzio +.
London in a few weeks t;,se = soHs
TO arrange for the transgatfar pefAss
duction Of his new js.oa g.,s. ana g'e
"Amaranda." do not W., sns e9:asl
he has many English frionJs J~ tNaeissI
1iI aami51oi n Institution, the Pen g
vii! doubtless try to secure b;g - y:
guest OF honor at its next dipner TIM : 9
The frst number of Mr. r & rr,
new quarterly review oTba -. 7: blsl
IS in the bookshops II 1t4terls
paper called "Duinesss /. 'gstaihS piS
George Saintsbuyy; an,s, : Iotesa
by Dostorevski, which 8r = = nogt'
ansky and Mrs. Virginia & NJ 2. hoSsit
translated, and other contribpt;aa.a gt;a aaTa
/. y Eliot, May Sir ,sir TSsoas gas y
Hesse C"German Poetfg n =. 7.elsaaEc
and Faiery Larbaud lavly..s.gg,sa
Larbaud's already AMOS ~. n
James Joyce's raasterpieee v;Ii NV Of
with much interest by tboss tb. g 3 fesa
not see the Paris periodical !; sAo aia
1t first appeared. A new es;s;s saea
Ulysses" is, by the wag ra,s sas.'IA o.
announced. It will be issped H. sssss y.
Casanova Society at the eonnsrs.i,.ls ~
moderate price Of two guireas srd III
be in two volumes The or;einaI IA sS;,;.a wv
owing TO its bulk, is most vnsle.ss.a 6s.'s.a
book to handle and the soonqr 4sessa! 4 ...s
into the libraries of "bibiionE;fIss'ss fIss
(who rarely have time for reaaigeS Y,''ss =.
better. I have made haste to di,naas -
OF my own copy for a satisfs.tS,y
profit! i7'ss'pi5
1t is curious how many good E,y,;.,
writer's have received their sst a,T raa1
encouragemen from the srs,s.n
public. George Moore paws snsgss
warm tribute, l notice, in h:s g.sss,s
to the first volume Of the Cara sg,,;s-
Of his works. And D. H. Lay,ss,s
fancy, is more interested in his Aweyi.
can than in his English audience Ford
MADDOX Huefer tells me that be- Is mi.
fishing his new novel in the rai,ss
States and is not "bothering sbovi
England" at all. For many EpglisI
writer's, particularly those who fop
some reason or another have nut \.
the backs of the reviewing cliuoe
America is the land of promise wher
they have a reasonable chance Of pe,.
ting a square deal" The spites and
jealousies which may intare a man n
his own country don't es a rule e.
across the Atlantic. And that is sons
thing to be thankful for.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

a Prodgers, which Mr. John
- @ Lane has recently pub
I.lished. Is, think, without any excep-
ton the most enthralling travel book
which has come my way during the last
ten years. Mr. r. B. Cunninghame
Graham is not the man to recommend
q fraud, particularly one relating to the
continent of South America, and since
the volume has an introduction by him
we can safely accept IL at it's face
value. Says Mr.. Graham: "This book,
that exudes sincerity just as a pine
tree drops it's resin, serves double
purpose. 1t reveals a curious person
atty that might have stepped straight
from the pages of Purchas or Of
Hakluyt and at the same time, all un-
known to the writer, helps to dispel
some Of the mist of ignorance and pref
udice that for so long has hung over
the lives and actions of the Spanish
conquerors. Written in the
language that men speak around the
camp fire, with rifles ready to the
hand, with ears attuned to catch the
slightest rustic in the grass and eyes
always awatch upon the horses where
they feed close at hand, hobbled or
picketed, it lets fresh air in on the
question. The writer tells us bluntly
and in the way sailor writes his log
book, quite without comment, but with
Circumstance, that he slept in an an
cient Inca temple on some pass or
other of an altitude of 1900 feet and
with temperature of eight degrees be-
low, He lifts unwittingly the corner
of a page that Protestant historians
have alwaVs kent dops-eared "
Mr.. Prodgers tells us that his weight
before he started on his adventures was
nineteen stone, and that his normal
occupation was that of training horses
He has probably never suspected HIM
self OF being romantic figure, and
that is what lends his book one of
its greatest charms.) He undertook,
nevertheless, when the suggestion was
made TO him, to visit land from which
10 white man had safely returned since
l845. His main object was to obtain
certain rubber concessions, for which
he was to receive 10000, but he also
had his eye upon some hidden treasure
supposed to be waiting there for any
one who could find it. Through sheer
bad luck ne was not successful in
either quest. But he went to places
not to be found on the map, where
the native Indian rules his own roost
and does not encourage English visi-
tors. Of three white men who went
on an earlier expedition to this terri
tory, one had his hands and feet cut
off and was thrown into river, and
another was beheaded. Mr. Prodgers (
had several narrow escapes and once
was very nearly poisoned by some In /
dams. But he fortunately survived to |
tell one of the most remarkable ad- [
venture stories of the present century. 1
have been wondering how long it
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
''The Love Legend

THE LOVE LEGEND
Boyd. Scrlbners.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
By Bernadine Sold

and race problems served semi-weekly
to university students, pseudo Bo-
hemians, few of the real vintage,
sensation-seeking morons, radicals,
fanatics and much besmocked madens,
who vie with each other for laurels in
scalps and the length of cigarette
holders, Sari acted in the plays that
were put on in the tiny futuristic audi
torium. Dizzy and Ward attended one
of the meetings, and later went with
Sari and the chosen few Custard Pies
to a basement rendezvous in North
Side Turner Hall.
Instead of proposing toast to Ward,
whose floweriike face was the invol-
untary magnet for every pair of male
eyes, Raleigh Minister, young orator
for the Movement, passed a slip of
paLe1 on which each member of the
party was requested to write ris op:n-
ion of Ward. "The girls reluctantly
wrote stupid things, the me1 extrava-
CANT things" Woo iward Boyd relates,
and adds that Ward was borei by what
she considered vulgar performance.
We'll, | was at that party, and was
rather agonized, | remember, at be-
ing forced to say something nice. 1
don't remember what l wrote finally,
but I'm glad after several years to
know that it must have touched Peggy
Smiths sense of humor, and that it
didnt. turn her head, as some ono
suggested.
Dizzy goes through the University
Of Chicago, gets job on newcpaper,
all CT which is intrigu:ngly told, be-
comes an out and out liberal, falls III
love with Jim Howells and finally gives
hlm up because he disagrees with her
ideas and ideals.
Of Ward herself. and her desperate
search for fulfllment of the love
Legend, there is no solution presented
other than the shattering one by one
Of the treacherous traditions Of her
love legend, which for years she had
carried before her so gayly, like colored
balloons, atop slender strings, strain
Ing in, the wind. From their torn and
erumpled husks, with the wisdom of
her pain, she left the book-sturdilv
erecting serene and unafraid
philosophy of life and love.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

DvENTUREs IN Bo-
LIvIA," by Mr.. G. II.
Prodgers, which Mr.. John
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

OODWARD BOYD, who i
still in her early twenties
accomplished a defnit
place among the Youn,
New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
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New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

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yNyQNMREIavINHaNl1EI
The Washington times., 1922-12-16
Speaking of
| IMatrin10ny
By Dave Sentner.

BARGAIN day was held In
A an Iowa town where mar
"A r4ases were performed for
% cents. The price u stu too
high. There should be . matri-
monial and 10-cent store.
OF course. the rule would have
TO be: Not responsible for goods
once taken from this store.
Tongue-tied spinsters and deaf.
mute bachelors would 60 like hot
cakes In Alaska. and It would take
no time before q quiet wedding
was completed.
Some Of the girls would have .
.lowry on parade. "A spinster
with a cocktail shaker would get
. subway rush.
There would be lot Of married
men trying to slip their wives
over In the sale with . big bonus
% boot.
A, cross-eyed lad would flirt
with = knock-kneed lass standing
on the next corner. and they'd
make each. other walk straight for
ths. rest Of their lives. ,G,,.
Engagement rings could bs pur-
chased ut the doughnut counter.
A bachelor who could boast OF
. job would bring the top price.
Amy candidate with healthy arms
= bring home = good days bundle
q wash for his wife would be
worth at least Q cents.
A chap with q wooden leg could
feature his ability to stir the
homo brew. although some Gus
toners might be afraid Of wood
alcohol. ,'I-, " ;.
Feminine candidates, running
a their records as stove chauf-
feurs could hold q fist fun Of hot
soup and splash out samples.
Marriage licenses could be OBJ
tained from . penny chewing
sum slot machine. II the ma
chine got gummed mp you might
: set two licenses. .....
People might say that the store
was run by married mon out for
revenge. The directors Of the
establishment should not pay any
attention to this gossip. but ten
rolling pins to one they'd skip the
town two minutes after the sale
was over ..-
The Washington times., 1922-12-16
DON'T YOU, TOO?
BY ]. J. Leibson.

BY J. J. Leibson.
r remember. remember
The house where I was born:
u It hadn't worn q coat Of
paint
Since Sanson's locks were
shorn.
You ought to see that shanty now.
So bright in borrowed charms!
A -doorman guards it, portals
It's called The Crossus Arms.
I remember. I remember
The rent We used to pay:
The landlord charged W Just
enough
To keep his horse in hay.
But since he's learned to profiteer
He keeps no horse. you bet:
He runs . car on half the rent
OF room and kitchenstts.
] remember, L rem0mD01
Tho wages father got:
He pulled down thirty backs .
And thought II quite . lot.
He used his money lavishly;
He smoked and sometimes
drank;
Yet twenty bucks was al he
spent
And ten went IN the bank.
remember, remember
The dresses mother wore:
She revellsd in their ample fosds
That barely missed the noor.
The stately style Of mother's
gowne
would grace . noble queen;
But now the dress that grandma
wears
Would fit our little Jean.
The Washington times., 1922-12-16
SOUR GRAPES
BY Lisle Bell.

ap> BY Lisle Bell.
~oME people act as If work
~ might be q contagious dis
- ease.
Even when q girl casts . man
aside like an old shoe, he can el-
ways be revamped.
People who have all kinds Of
buck generally find that lot Of
Il 10 bad.
Archeologists have discovered
that Salome wasn't q dancer.
Neither are the vaudeville per-
eprmers that impersonate her..
/, Woman. said the, philosopher,
= 1 delusion. But men have a.
ways hugsed their delusions.
As Emerson might have said.
e = woman can make a better
yas than her neighbors, all the
tramps In the world win make
q beaten path to her door.
When We see two girls, kiss. It
always seems to us that one Of
them = doing q mans work.
Modern girls are extremely shy
--whsn they tell how old they
Speaking Of labor-saying do
vices, there's nothing to equal .
good fat bank account.
The Washington times., 1922-12-16
All About
Town
BY Dave Sentner.

YTYHE whole town IL a-flutter
over the stealing Of eleven
- fresh eggs from Jimsie
Jiggs' grocery store by q bandit
disguised a. . cash customer.
The robber ignored q bag Of coal
and $500 in the till.
Jimsie had been approached by
the museum Of art for his rare
specimens. He also received an
offer from q wealthy syndicate Of
ex-bootlAggcrs.
Bloodhounds. with q chicken
strain In them. are now on the
trail Of the missing eggs.
Photographs published by the
town newspapers show that the
eggs (strictly fresh) were entirely
devoid Of whiskers, and this fact
leads the authorities to hope that
they will be recognized II At
tempts are made to pawn them.
Last night police headquarters
received a phone message from q
chorus girl in Mack Duff's musi-
cal comical production. She said
there were eleven baid.headed
eggs in the front row. and they
were acting mighty fresh.