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helpful recreation into the grim and
sordid lives of her people. She
teaches them. to play and her hus-
band teaches them to work intel
ligently" in the development OF the
natural resources Of their country.
The mutual interest closes the
breach and brings the couple to-
gether again.
The pictures of mountain life ring
true. The mountaineers we meet,
especially the various members OF
the Steward family, are thoroughly
alive. The ideas concerning the
mountaineers. held by the "fotch-on"
people who occasionally stray into
that region. are well typified by
Stanley Irving and Miss Conway, the
missionary" The woman is quick
est to acknowledge her mistake and
to be Of real help.
GRACE ISABEL COLBRON.
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New Fiction
Continued from Seventh Pasa

most thrilling in this book OF thrills.
There's bit of something to think
about. too. in David's speech to the
amazed stockholders as he explains
after the election the change that
has come about:
"Bolshevism has not come to the
United States, at least not to this
company. Revolution, perhaps, but
not Bolshevism. I have been called
by my right name this morning. /
am a laborer-a steel worker.
know how to make steel. That's
all I know. I, and thousands like
me, have tried to turn out the best
steel in the world. That is our job.
But while we have been striving to
do this certain men in high places
who should have been trying TO CO.
operate with US have used their
positions to gamble ard speculate
with the product we turn out. Tir-
ing Of seeing honest labor used dis
honestly. Of paying in the increased
price OF every necessity Of life for
the gambling Of a few. the workers
OF the Great Lakes Steel Company
went into the open market and
bought control OF the company.
helped by others who saw the rea-
sonableness OF our plar and by the
efforts OF the president to drive the
stock below par-for his own ends"
HUGH A. LEAMY.
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every human being is moving
wonder of supreme interest and
tragedy and beauty" and manages
pretty well to keep on thinking so
at bottom, despite Establishments
The underlying motif (the whole
thing is treated almost musically
like a Wagnerian trilosy) is an in
sistence upon the Greek ideal OF
beauty as a possible cure-all for
everything that is wrong or ugly In
our present day life. One need not
be surprised to find that 1t dcesn't
quite work out to a demonstration
But the basic validity of the idea
does endure, in spite of everything.
Stephen, on the other hand. is a
real pagan, a vigorous barbarian
but also a great deal more than that.
The movement is far too complex to
allow any brief summary statement.
All of the subsidiary folk. includ-
ing the woman, Agnes. who is in
some sense the leading lady, are
very delicately and completely pre-
sented-especially the old lady
Rickie's aunt. The book may be
heartily recommended 20 lovers Of
closely constructed psychological fic-
ton, and also because of the select
fineness of its stxla.
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Il LITTLE LEAvEN. BY Katharine
Grey. ]. B. Lippincott Company.
- HE fctional possibilities OF the
mountain whites" of Ken
lucky and West Virginia have
been used but not abused. The sordid
hardships of life in that region may
not appeal to the writer looking for
sensation or romance only. Life re-
duced to its barest elements OF sup
plying the daily body needs. with no
aid from modern improvements, is
grimy. messy thing at best For this
reason. possibly. the novels which
have dealt with the lives OF that
strange people. of pure Anglo-Saxon
stock, whose wretched novels stray
gle along the hillsides or huddle in
the valleys of the great ranges, seem
) In the main to have been inspired by
sympathy with the waste OF human
material amid such hopeless squalor.
The stories have not always been
notable as fiction. but they have
given US pictures OF an old sur
yival. of a civilized race relapsing
into barbarism in our very midst.
which have an instructional value.
SO it is with this book. "A Little
Leaven," if judged merely as a novel,
could justly be rated as amateurish
both in construction OF plot and in
style. AS a picture Of an odd back
water OF American life. painted with
sympathy and utter sincerity. it is
deserving of consideration.
The plot on which an imprisoned
plea for understanding of these
mountain people Is hung concerns
the life of Aisle Steward OF Piney
Fork. Ailsie's people are typical
mountaineers. supplying their needs
from field and forest, and making
what little money they must have
from a cellar still. "Moonshinin' is
the accepted business " the dis
trict. But the Stewards have been
able to preserve sort Of dignity and
natural refinement amid poverty and
squalor which marks them out from
their neighbors. When we hear later
as mere incident in the story. that
they are in direct line OF descent
from one Angus Stuart. second son
of a Scotch earl. we may safely &C
cept the fact as truth and not fiction
For many OF these mountain people
show traces of their good blood.
Aisle attracts the attention O
Stanley Irving. Southern gentle
man OF good family prospecting il
the hills for good timer and Goa
land. He marries her and has he
remarkable voice cultivated Blu
she cannot endure the life with hi
people and goes back 20 the hills
Stanley. coming to look for her. !
shot by a young mourtaineer VIII
had loved Aisle hopelessly. Aisle
brother. Bud. saves the wounde'
man. who believes Bud had shot him
Stanley's indignant mother say
enough TO put the revenue officer
on the track of old Alec Steward
who is sentenced to ten years 4
prison for moonshinirg and at
tempted murder. This puts
barrier between Aiisie and her hus
band. But Northern schoC
teacher. coming as a missionary
TO the mountain peop.e an
acknowledging herself that the
need roads worse than they nee
God" takes Aisle to Nes York an
finances her studies. The girl be
comes a great singer and helps I
.hsing the light az 4sdEeasiQa a.
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poesy. The framework has Just been
sketched in that brutal shape partly
to bring out the great skill Mr.. Dodd
shows in using it so we'll. For he
has taken what would ordinarily
have become a rather improbable
melodrama and made of it a poem.
1t defies any short analysis: 1t must
suffice to commend the book to The
discriminating reader.
The earlier scenes are full of ex-
cellent incidental pictures. though.
as Mr.. Dodd is at some pains to say,
he is not taking a Photographic
view OF any particular institution.
1t is a living thing. however: all by
itself one of the best sketches of
certain parts of college life that has
as yet been written. His college
president, DIR. Harrod. Is a note
worthy figure; SO. too. the delicately
done sketch of his daughter. the
semi-invalid Ruth. The chief figure
here aside from Lila is, OF course.
the young professor: ambitious,
self-centered, not quite grown up
physically, but capable of growing
under Lilia's inspiring charm. He
is admirably done throughout.
We shall not make any attempt to
define or analyze Lila. Read the
book and fall in love with her your
self.
There is an increasing note of
mysticism toward the end that is
beautifully handled. 1t is little more
than an overtone. high, family
heard upper resonance to the main
chord. There is. too. an underlying
thesis that runs through the whole,
appearing in Lilia's duality, her
ability to play herself" though
"life and art are one thing" for her,
inseparable. The giant Mondory
comes nearest to putting it into
words at the end when he says:
"Ah, mes enfants. beauty Is always
defeated: and never defeated. But
you shall ask not me. but le bon
Dieu, to tell you WHY"
AS to the subtle mechanics of the
book one may quote Mr.. Dodd him
self Though he isn't making this
application):
Life is an artist who attempts
everything, even the impossible. yet
preserves in the large, one must
suppose, some sort of recognizable
pattern. But in the contemptuous
mishanGdling of detail-or in blind
indifference to it-life is surely the
most siovenly and 0duche of crafts
men. He is certainly throwing to-
gether scenes inherently awkward
a mere hash of discordant POSSIBLE
ties and mixed emotions, scenes. in a
word. which simply will not pldyl"
At first sight Mr.. Dodd here seems
to be calculating life itself. yet the
scenes do most smphatically play.
The book. especially in tile manage
ment of it's very difficult climax. is
triumph OF artful construction
from a seemingly impossible discord-
ant mass OF material. It is in part
successful application Of the tech
niaue of the theater to the novel
usually a poor proceeding, but here
it is entirely justified.
But. after all, the main thing to
insist upon in trying to give the
reader some idea of such a book is
the charm of the whole. But there
one is helpless. since it cannot be
dissected in a few words. One can
do no better than repeat the advice
to the seeker after beauty in con-
temporary literature to read the
book itself. III. L. PANGBORN.
THE LONGEST JOURNEY. BY E. NJ
Forster Alfred A. Knopf.
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THE LONGEST JOURNEY. BY E.
Forster. Alfred A. Knopf.

THE LONGEST JOURNEY. BY L. NJ.
Forster. Alfred A. Knopf.
"FOR some time Mr.. Forster
II has been ranked by the more
important British critics
among the arrived novelists whose
work counts for something. He
has never reached any great popu-
larity-indeed, his best qualities are
not those that would appeal to a
very large audience. and it Is likely
that ne will remain one of the
writer's whose books are treasured
by a few in each generation of
readers. He makes too great a de-
mand upon his public 10 be widely
audible. But there is no preciosity,
no pose about him. and his manner
is simple. his narrative fluent
enough. and he hS3 abundant dra-
matte power. 1t Is rather that his
thought is always subtle. his theses
are not too plainly apparent. He
is. in peculiar way, royelist's
novelist.
Like its predecessors this is a
spaeiously conceived story "a life
history almost OF a family or a
group rather than of one or two
chief characters. 1t begins with its
titular hero, or one of them, an
undergraduate at Cambridge. and
carries him through a long course
Of development to tragic end. But
the other young man factuaily his
half brother), who acts as FOIL and
contrast. is an even more remark
able figure than Rickie. the ideailst.
:l.sk:a: ss.sss x4As: tss, ss4is..l that
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rR. JEWELS maiden effort
M at fiction. 1.-THE Charmed
Circle" attracted no small
attention last fall, as 1t showed
power beyond the ordinary. an in
tensity and an insight that made IT
a striking first novel. In this. his
second, he starts off in another di-
rection. as ii is quite unlike its
predecessor. although. naturally, 1t
exhibits the same underlying quail
ties. Much of it Is very good in
deed. and it will no doubt be gen.
orally hailed as a success. 1t has,
moreover. elements for a wide popu-
larity. But it is an uneven per-
Torrance. 1t somehow suggests
that Mr.. Jewell has not yet fully
got into his stride. The seven
league boots OF high romance he
puts on, here and there. do not en-
tirely fit him, and the effect when he
steps out OF them and does some
thing different is not altogether
happy. 1t is, in fact. several kinds
of a book in one. The combination
is not impossible-on the contrary,
it is a very good idea-but the in
gradients are not always as sat-
isfactorily kneaded together as
might be.
1t is a daring adventure nova
days for the skipper of any roman
tic bark to steer his course into the
South Seas in the wake of DR.. Trap
rock-after all he has done for that
region ("done for" is the apt con-
tribution of no less critic than
William r. BeneD. but Mr.. Jewell
gets away with that part Of his story
safely enough. His island really has
satisfying romantic glamour and
mystery, and 1t must be admitted
that his importation of a gang of
hairy Anus under the captaincy of
a willy Japanese rascal is an original
invention.
The construction of the book is ad-
mirabfe. 1t is difficult method to
handle well-the following out of
several different lines of narratives.
converging finally to central point.
1t is a form that is apt to be con-
fusing to the readers attention. Mr..
Jewell is wholly successful in man
| aging this, as the complex threads
are kept well in hand. with no dis
tracing of interest. and the proper
| tons of the whole are good. The
dramatic effect Is sound and there Is
only slight concession to the con-
ventional in its climax.
The best thing in the book, the
real center of it, is the development
and experiences of Jerome, who is
one of the heroes, if not always the
actual holder of the middle of the
stage. He is alive throughout, with
a vitality greatly superior to that
of some of the other people. The
leading lady, Stella, is rather con-
ventional heroine and one does not
get greatly excited about her. The
naughty. irresponsible Lii is a muci
better drawn figure. The other wom-
en- are eccentricities. But Jerome
is a finely thought out study. Next
in value to him is the remn liable
Xenophon Curry. impresari> II q
surprising troupe of operate "sone
birds" whom he is taking arount
the world on a chartered schooner
which owns the magnificently mellif
luous name of the skipping Goone.'
When the story opens Jerome is
a clerk in San Francisco shiI
chambers shop. He is engaged t.
Stella. who. however. is dissatisfied
with her humdrum existence ant
yearns for romance. Jerome Is ap-
parently commonplace, mildly con-
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THE WHITE KAMI. By Edward
Alden Jewell. Alfred A. Knopf.
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LILA cHENowoRTH. 81 Lee VII
sen Dodd. E. p. Dutton q Co.
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FINISH o. SWING FOR DRIVE
FLETCHER TO
PILOT PILLS
NEXT SEASON
President Baker Announces
Appointment of Shortstop-
Issues Statement.

n HILADELPHIA, Dec. S.-Ar-
thur Fletcher, who played
shortstop and, was captain
Of the Phillies last year, has been
signed to a one-year contract TO
manage the local National League
club for the 1928 campaign. This
announcement was made this aft
ernoon by William F. Baker, presi-
dent of the club.
Baker. returned today from St.
Louis where the papers were signed.
He made a special trip to the Mound
City for a conference with Fletcher.
whose home is in Collinsville. 30.
Fletcher is TO report here about
January 1.
Bakers statement follows: Ar
thur Fletcher has been appointed
manager OF the Philadelphia Ma.
tional League club. Fletcher needs
no introduction to the baseball pub
lie as his long career with the New
York and Philadelphia clubs and his
great playing ability has made him
an outstanding figure in baseball
for a number OF years.
When / made the deal with New
York to bring Fletcher over here /
had the ultimate object OF making
Fletcher manager. offered him
the position as manager two years
ago but he did not feel like accept.
ing II as a playing manager. ne.
lieving that he could not do justice
to himself and the. club by taking
both positions.
Fletcher is well acquainted with
the needs Of the Philadelphia club
and when he returns from Phoenix
Ariz.. he will come over and take
up the task Of arranging matters
for next season. Fletcher's natural
aggressiveness and his insistence
on strict discipline will do much 10
put the Phillies where they belong
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START or SWING &r DRIVE
CENTRAL TANK
TEAM DEFEATS
WESTERN HIGH
Blue and White Splashers Take
First and Second Place in
Every Event on Card.

q PLASH!
- Central High fish yester-
~ day took up where last
years championship team left off
by outclassing the green Western
tankmen in the Mt. Pleasant pool.
Captain Bob Stolley and his
well coached Blue and White
aquatic performers shared first
and second place in all of the
eight events in totalling 81 points.
Western was credited with Z.
The best performance OF the
afternoon was made in the 50-yard
breast stroke. won by Satterfield
in the remarkable time of SO sec
onds. Gaftn, teammate and
Frisby. Of Western. pressed Sat
terfield to the limit and he had
to exhibit good form to stay at
the head of the parade.
CentraIs beefy plungers. Stan
field and Lane, also turned in q
neat afternoons work and can be
counted on to be consistent point
getters.
1t was CentraI's water Inaugural!
for the season. Coach Fred Drummer
Is trying 10 DOOK meets with CATH
olic University freshmen and the
Georgetown Props before the annual
clash with the alumni team. The
latter event will take place during
the holidays.
One Of the most important meets
on Central schedule will be against
Mercersburg national champion, at
the latter place, February. Sum-
mary:
Relay race-won by Central tStolIey.
ond, Western tEngle. Stephens. Lamar
and Frisby). Time. 2:04.
Fancy dive-won by Lyman. Central
second. Chester. Central; third, Frisby.
Western.
s0-yard dash-won by stolley, Cen
trail; second. Parsons, Central; third.
Frisby. Western. Time. 81 AS
6o-yard back stroke-won by Bonnet.
Central; second. Stone. Central: third.
220 yards-won by w Waidsmith.
Central; second. Parsons. Central; third,
Lamar. Western: Time. 2:67 As.
Plunge for distsnce-won by Stan
field, Central, distance. 5s feet s inches
second. Lane, Central, distance, So feet
8 inches; third, Miller, Western, dista nee,
IS feet 8 inches.
50-yard breast stroke-won BY Satter-
field. Central: second. Gam. Central;
third, Frisby, Western. Time. 36 sec
loe-yard dash-won by stoIley, Cen
trail: second. J. waldsmith. Central;
third. Jeffress. Time. / :os As
Officials Referee Hubert King
starter. Dale Fisher: judge Kent
The Washington herald., 1922-12-09
HOW FEET ARE
At FINISH
BIG SURPRISE
IN PINEHURST
TOURNAMENT
Mrs. Donald Parson Defeats
Miss Fordyce in Finals
Match Goes 19 Holes.

n INEHURST, N. c., Dec. s.
Mrs. Donald Parson, Of the
Youngstown Country Club,
provided a decided sensation at
Pinehurst today by defeating her
fellow club woman, Miss Louise
Fordyce, the medallist and Ohio
State champion, at the nineteenth
hole of the final contest in the
Carolina tournament for women.
1t was a great uphill battle. Miss
Fordyce won three Of the first four
holes and was three up going to the
eighth. but from that time on. she
almost invariably played in the
rough on her second or third shot.
Mrs. Parson, playing an even and
consistent game and making every
shot count. gradually crept up on
the Ohio title holder and finally
overlook her on the fourteenth
green. The next four holes were
halved. Miss Fordyce losing wide
open chances for a win on two Of
the greens.
Mrs. Parsons drive for the nine.
teenth was long and straight and
she was on the green in 8. Miss
Fordyce. plainly nervous. flubbed
her drive. playing into a trap on
her third, made a remarkable re-
covery to within five feet Of the
cup and then missed the putt
which might have given her a half
The Washington herald., 1922-12-09
HAWKS START :: .:
ON TRAIL TO
"a.
REGAIN TITLE
Former Champions Display Old
+ Spirit in Preparing for To-
morrow's Battle.

HORN of their championship
title, but imbued with a never
~ say-die spirit, the Mohawks
will enter their second battle of
the year with the Georgetown Ath-
letic Club at Union Park tomorrow,
determined to make the contest q
stepping stone to recovery OF thets
laurels lost TO Mercury. The game
will start at 2:30 O'Clock.
BY the light Of arc lamps, the
Mohawks worked hard last night
under the direction Of Josh Licaras
one. who has Just replaced Harry
Harris as coach.
noticeable change in the teams
spirit has taken place. according %
those who watch the Indians closely.
They feel that a victory over
Georgetown. which held them 10
scoreless tie several weeks ago. VIII
do much towars; Strengthening the
Mohawk confidence next year.
PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR. 80.
It's a long glance into the futurA-
but Josh Licartone knows he VIII
need all the time between now and
the next campaigns opening TO DO.
the things necessary 20 put his
team in the mental shape counte6
on to give Mercury and other cracK
elevens some championship comped
ton.
Hence Josh Is looking ahead. n
the Mohawks can start the 1928
season knowing they were good
enough TO trim Georeetown, IL wif
mean much 20 the Mohawk morale,
is the way Licarione sees IL.
There may be some experimenting
by both Mohawk and Georgetown
IN tomorrow's game. but very little
OF Il. The two teams are out tu-
win. the Georgetown eleven no ieser
30 than the Mohawks. -
HEGARTY MAKES GOOD. -;
Georgetown figures 20 come back
strong next year and with Jack.
Hegary remaining as coach. un..
doubtediy viii be IN the title hunt
from the jump. Hegarty accom-
piished a great deal In his nrst sea,
son with Georgetown. In fact. this
Is the Georgetown clubs opening,
campaign. -
Another matter both, clubs con-
slider IS the drawing power each
viii have IN 1929. hased on thu.
years. showings.
Everything In connection with n
indicates that tomorrow's game .lL
be a keenly contested one. II win
be played for runner-up honors in
the championship race.
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NEW PROJECTS =
ATMARYLAND
SPEEDING UP
Stadium and Gymnasium Max.
ing Satisfactory Progress,
and Will Be Ready in Spring.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Dec. 8.
VIZ ORK on the new stadium
" and the gymnasium and
~ armory at the Univer-
sity of Maryland is progressing
satisfactorily. 1t is expected
that the stadium will be COM
pleted by March l and the gym
and armory by May 1.
Although the stadium will be
used considerably before May 80
1t will be formally dedicated on
that date, along with the gym
and armory, in connection with
the annual Farmers day exer-
cises.
With no gym available Director
Of Athletics II. G. Byrd has an
.nounced that Maryland will not be
represented In basketball this sea-
son. There was talk of organizing
a freshman team to create foun.
dation for the 1923 quint. but Byrd
has not deemed this advisable.
Next year however, Maryland not
only will have varsity, and yearling
basket-b ball teams but likely will form
combinations in wrestling, boxing
and other winter sports. The CO.
eds also are planning to organize
teams in basketball and other
sports.
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Yorke A. c. Jrs. Play
Mt. Rainier Tomorrow

Selfstyled contenders for the ju.
nior championship are to clash to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 when the
Yorke A. c. Juniors hook up with
the Mount. Rainier Embiems on
the latter's field. Both teams boast
of a record OF having lost only
one game this season. The En-
blems were trounced by the Havoc
A. c. and the Yorkes suffered a
reverse at the hands of the Arabs.
Manager Millstein. of the Yorke
team, requests the following play.
ers to report tomorrow morning Mt
10 o'clock at Union Station Plaza:
Cerceo. PAMELA, Bogorad. Burke,
Reckee. Cermele, l.. Pasapio, V.
Parapo. Ricci. Fitzhugh. Segretto,
Chaconas. Dennison and Demma.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-09
Liberty A. c. to Play
Ingram Jrs. Tonight

Coach Sam Solomon will send
his Liberty A. C. against the In
gram Juniors in the htter's gym
Liberty fhis yeau sausd % viii fiS be seiee from @e
these players: Keppel. Kremb, ST.
monds. Glasscock, Duke, Howder.
shell, Reiter. Mason and Neuman.
Coach Solomon's team is anxious TO
hear from 120-pound quints. Phone
Pop Kremb. North 25Ss-w.