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The American Jewish world., 1922-12-01

mantle school in Germany; in the
third, the reaction in France; in the
fourth, the naturalist school in Eng
land; the fifth, the Romantic school
in France; and in the sixth, Young
Germany as represented by Boerne, !,
Heine, etc. Though he treats every
individual author separately, he
shows his surroundings, the factors
that have conditioned the man and
his genius, and then connects him
with the main stream Of the thoughts
and the movements Of his day. Last
ly, he links each author with the in
ternational stream of thoughts and
movements of the times.
In the last volume he shows how
Boerne and Heine, children of the
ghetto, prepared the way, without
their knowing it, for the tempest
that swept the last vestiges of
Feudalism out of Europe-how these
men were more influential than
Goethe and Schiller, men of greater
genius, because they had flung them
selves in the movements of the time.
It gives us incidentally picture
such as is not to be found elsewhere,
of the tragic Judengasse, the humilat-
fered in Frankfurt am Main and Dus-
seldorf, where Boerne and Heine
were born. The reason Goethe and
Schiller were not as influential, he
shows us, was due to the fact that
they permitted themselves to become
drawing-room poets-because they
did not scorn the favors of the
princes of their time, which Boerne
and Heine rejected.
Incidentally he shows us what
Sigmund Freud discovered scien-
tifically some years later-that "the
human heart is no stagnant pool of
idyllic woodland lakes. It is an
ocean full of submarine vegetation
and frightful inhabitants" He
points out that ga book is gallery
of character portraits, store house
of feelings and thoughts. =. Re-
garded from the merely aesthetic
point of view as work of art, a book
is self-contained, self-existent whole
without any connection with the sur
rounding world. But looked from
the historic point of view, book,
though it be perfect and complete
work OF art, is only a piece out of
an endlessly continuous web"
But the reader who is acquainted
with the ephemeral nature of books
with the fact that of the hundreds of
thousands Of volumes published year
ly sometimes not one survives the
twelve-month in which it appears
will wonder how half dozen volumes
of criticism, among the least endur-
ing form, could rise above the scores
of thousands of volumes and remain
on the top for fifty years.
The answer is the style, the man.
Here are few examples, in addi-
tion to those already quoted, taken
at random: He speaks of Byron, the
literary cyclone of the nineteenth
century. He recognizes that free
thought is the first essential requisite
of all spiritual life, /. that grief
widens into compassion for all the
sufferings and sorrows of humanity
+. the river boiled and foamed
and the roar of it's waters made
music that mounted up to Heaven.
In it's seething fury, it formed whirl-
pools, tore itself and whatever else
came its way, and in the end under
The American Jewish world., 1922-12-01
CONTINUED from last week.

It is impossible to give a review
in the space at my disposal Of all the
fifty volumes Brandes has so far
written. They cover, in addition to
criticism, aesthetics, biography, war,
sociology, philosophy, and history.
When still in his teens he wrote
volume of poetry which impress one
that a Pegasus has been laid out un-
der him. So far as his work con-
Germs his own country, it is said that
he is the zone man who has created
nation"
The principal works by which he
is known outside his own country
are "Main Currents in Nineteenth
Century Literature" his two volumes
on Voltaire, two on Goethe, two on
Julius Caesar, two on Michelangelo,
one on Anatole France, and three on
Shakespeare.
''Main Currents
This work comprises six volumes,
embodying series of lectures de-
livered in ten years. It is a drama
in six acts, as it were, portraying the
cross currents Of the thoughts of the
first half of the nineteenth century
as they flowed through the literatures
of Germany, France, and England.
It is the first attempt to look at liter
ature from an international point of
view. It's principal object was to
bring to Denmark the civilization of
Europe and thereby lead her into the
main stream. While it discusses
foreign movements it never loses
sight of conditions at home. It is
none the less universal in it's scope
and application; and is considered
the most significant piece of criticism
of the nineteenth century, century
which has seen Matthew Arnold in
England and Hippolyte Taine in
France-the greatest critics that
ever lived.
It has outlasted many Of the works
which it has criticised. It has
shocked Scandinavia and surprised
the rest of the world. For Brandes
came forward with the idea that
literature was no diversion for old
maids, but serious business-no
fine art to cover the scores of
crimina1ly stagnant society; but the
battle cry of the soldiers in the eman-
cipation wars Of humanity. He an
nounces:
main currents of literature perceives
that their movements are all condi-
toned by one great rhythmical ebb
and flow, namely, the gradual fading
away and disappearance of the ideas
and feelings of the hereditary prin-
ciple of eighteenth century authority,
ancient custom and tradition, and the
appearance Of the new, ever rising
wave of liberty. The folding
doors Of the nineteenth century
open," he says of the French writer's
at the beginning of the period. "They
stand gazing in intently; they have
a presentiment of what they are to
see, and believe they see it, and that
which is new shapes itself for each
and is interpreted by each according
to his gifts and desires: they are the
bearers of the spirit of the new age"
He scorns the soft-speaking poets;
the polite, drawing-room darlings of
the worlds idle females. The pen,
he tells us, is sword to fight with
not an instrument with which to sling
ink. He shows that revolt in litera-
ture is the harbinger Of political and
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THE AMERICAN JEWIsH WORLD
Page -Four

JACOBSOEN
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A FRIEND IN need
A FRIEND indeed
Writes Mrs. Hardee Regarding
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Los Angeles, Calf. q must ten sou
that am true friend 70 Lydia u. Pink
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WORM NJ ERVES

Nervous troubles, with backache
dizzy spells. queer pains and irregu-
lar Kidneys, give reason to suspect
kidney weakness and to try the rem
edy that has helped your neighbors.
Ask your neighbor,
Fred Bevis, $. Branch ST. EXten.
ton, Bennington, says Il was III
with my kidneys and had sharp pains
IN my back which panied SO badly,
that after working short While
had to 20 to bed. When stopped, It
made me suffer with the pain had
to get up two or three times at night
to pass the kidney secretions, which
burned In passage and | suffered with
severe headaches and nervousness.
Specks appeared before my eyes and
although / tried O couple o, remedies,
they didn't help me- so decided to
use Doau's Kidney pills. After TAX.
ing three boxes Of Doon's, the trouble
ieit and at the end of the fourth box.
was entirely cured. highly recon.
mend Doans.
6Oc. at all dealers Foster.Mnburn
Co.. Mfrs. Buffalo, a. V Advertise.
ment.
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SOUTH SALISBURY

There will be no services in tle
NJ. H. church on Sunday.
Albert Harwood is spending the
day in Dorset on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hawkins mo.
tored to Troy on Wednesday
Mrs. Jennie Fleming OF Benning'J
ton is caring for Mrs. Joseph Caikins.
Jesse Durham Of North Bennng
ton was in the village Thursday on
business.
Elmer Ross Of Bennington visited
his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Calkins on
Thursday
Mrs Jcln Gordon IS spending some
time with her granddaughter Mrs.
iiford Hawkins.
Mrs. Kenneth Moore OF Pownal is
spending some time at the home of
Joseph Cakins.
James King Of North Adams was in
town Thursday visiting his sister
Mrs. Walter Collins
John Lane Is unable to attend to
his duties at tie Eagle Square works
owing to a bad eye.
Mrs. W. J. Cole Is spending some
/ time with her daughter, Mrs Clyde
Manwaring of Mantle Conn,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hawkins and
Mr.. and Mrs Irwin Madison were in
lin Troy Tuesday shopping
Mrs j. 3. Wilbur, ir Of New Brit.
ain, Conn. has returned to her home
after spending several days in town.
Mrs a. 3. Hawkins left yesterday
morning TOR Schenectady v@ere she
will attend the Methodist conference.
Miss Helen Ferguson OF Bay Path
Institute. Springfield Mass, Is spend
Ing the week end with Miss Ellen
I Lane
The Friendly b. le class will hold
their regular monthly business meet
lag. Tuesday evening. April II. at the
home OF Mrs. $. G.. Lane
p. lee Warren and Charles Thurs.
ton o. New Britain have been in
town several days in the interest OF
the Stanley Rule and Level Co.
l.. ~ Harrington and dauf ter. Ida.
also Miss Agnes Whippie arrived
Thursday afternoon at the home OF
Charles Monroe, from their trip to
Ca iforria
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"FRUIT.A.TIVEs", The Famous Fruit
Medicine Completely Restored Him
cecil eroWg

G54Quinnipiac Av New Haven, Conn.
81 was run down in health and
terribly nervous. My back was weak;
my head achcd every day, and ]
could hardly stand on my feet.
Afrlend advised me to try "Fruit.a.
tiyes". had used other advertised
remedies, but | Gnally got box OF
"Fruit.a.tivos" and they helped me.
am still taking them and impro-
wing all the time, and will not be
without them again.
AS soon as | can do so, will
answer all inquiries as to the above
itatement-will gladly do 500.
CECIL STOWE.
"Fruit.a tiycs" or "Fruit Laxo
Tablets" are made by a special process
fcm fruil juices, and are a marvellous
tonic, uncquallcd for inyigorating
AMI rebuilding the rundown system.
SOC box, G for $3.50, trial size 2jc.
At dealers orfrom FRUIT-A. IVES
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at 1910; evening prayer at . o'clock.
Word has been received Of the sud.
den death az his home In North Ad.
ANS Of Charles Murphy former
Bennington resident He Is a broth.
err Of Mrs. w. j Doyle and the Misses
Bridge, Elizabeth and Nellie Murphy
Of Bennington, and Edward Murphy of
North Bennington. Funeral arrange.
ments have not yet been made,
Philip T. II. Picrson returned Friday
night from Montpelier whore he at.
tended the opening Of Kiustead, the
new shelter home Tor children built
with an appropriation made by the
last legislature The nome Is complet.
ed and will accommodate between 200
and 300 children The institution is
intended to care for orphans or other
unfortunates.
The village dwelling situated on
the corner OF School and Gage streets
and know as the Slhley property was
sold Friday by Adrian w. Pelletier
and wife. the owners. through athe
real estate agency of Edward J Hall.
20 John Il Surdam OF IA place. The
consideration was $4,000 Mr.. Surdam
who is employed hy B0;tum a Tor.
rance viii move his family here and
occupy the residence about July LIST.
Christian Science services are held
at 606 Main street, Sunday mornings
LAT II o'clock aud Wednesday even.
ings at 1870 In the same building
is free public reading room whore
authorized Christian Science itera.
ture may be read, borrowed or pur.
chased. II is open daily. except Sun.
| day and holidays. from 3 to 8 D. IN.
All are cordially invited to use the
reading room and attend the serv.
ices.
The service of Sunday morning at
the Second Congregational church will
relate to the thought and teaching OF
Palm Sunday. Hour of Worship is
l0:30 Sermon by the minister rev
G. S. Mills The Shouting Stones. 81
Mems class following In the auditor
ium Church school at 10. The G r.
meeting at $3.50 will be led by Miss
Marion johnson The Union Lentau
Evening Service will be held In the
Baptist church, with Rev. w. G Tow
art as preacher Hour is $50 A cor
dial welcome for the public at AN the
services OF the day The church com
mittee will meet the candidates rot
church membership who are expecting
to unite at Easter in the chapel sun
day afternoon at o'clock
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Smoking in Churches.

The churches on Manhattan island
In the very early days were not heat.
ed, says Gas Logic II Is related that
the "half-dozea dominies preached
with heavy knit or fur caps pulled
over their ears and wearing mittens."
Both men and women carried mufrs
and Wore them In church, and the
head Of the family when lie felt so in.
clined smoked his pipe.
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pisanree on Derivation

Some rather fnr.fetchcd explanations
are being given MS 10 the derivation "
the English term $50 long" uttered
when parting. The Dictionary NJ
Passing English Of the Victorian Era"
says It is corruption OF the Jewish
word "selah," used in the Whltechapcl
district of London ms a form Of good.
by. Equally curious is the statement
that It may be form Of "saIaam' the
eastern Salntation of peace.
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Chinese nslx ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The traditional Chinese social sys-
TEN recognized -four main classes below
the prest-emperor, Of which the first
was the literary class In the time Of
Confuclus the education Of the literary
class included what was known as the
six accomplishments-archery, horse
manshlp, rites, music, history and
mathematics.
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much Of my time with pains and had to
have the doctor every month One day
/ found a little book in my yard in
Guthrie, Oklahoma, and read Il through
and got the medicine-Lydia r.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound-and took
eight bottles and used the Sanativs
Wash. Lat once began TO get stronger.
| have got many women to take il just
by telling them what il has done for me.
| have a young sister whom it has
helped in the same way it helped me.
| want you to know that am a friend
indeed, for youwere a friend inneed ''
Mrs, GEORGE HARDEE, l0i3 Byram
ST., Los Angeles, California.
Let Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound be a friend indeed +" to you,
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ham 8 Y eget a lie
Compound. / have
taken it off and on
for twenty years and
IL has helped me
change from q deli
cate girl to a stout,
healthy woman.
When ! was married
I was sick all the
time until ] took
Lydia T.. Pinkham $
Vegetable Com
mound | was I'm he'd
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

iacturer) and Dorothy Eerners (the
toast OF county,. Reuben Hepple-
stall is riding with Phoebe Bradshaw.
Two other riders cans In sight. meet
Owed bT her Si''E rroo IN, f9n nn,ot,r !ATy foI
sitting her horse a. II she had been
WHOSE beauty vas so d,r.rsn. a, D0r3omy ron,
,l",,,,, phoebe' soft prgttinssss. Dorothy had
sereratons OF Women e whose @ trst s"s suty p
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

most of us. If We have any definite
idea of it at all, we associate it with
Arctic expeditions, generally stranded,
but this writer tells US that the cold
est thing about it is its name. 1t even
suffers from burning heat during the
summer. Iceland! Moreover, 1t is a
country of great beauty, with towering
mountain ranges and picturesque
dords, the sort Of country to breed
thoughtful men whose philosophy will
be both broad and firmly grounded.
Tie story is OF Orlygur Borg, the
richest man in his county, sometime les
even called the "king,' because of his
almost feudal influences over the peo-
pie. A kindly, generous man, but stern
ly just and brooking no interference
II his domain. It is the story, too, Of
Ormarr, his son, the musician, and also
of Orlygur of the third generation.
When we are through with the book
we have knowledge of the family that
is remarkable in its completeness, their
weaknesses and their strength, their
dreams and their dsappointments,
their passions and their mistakes And
Guest himself, the wanderer, remains
the most haunting figure Of all.
Out OF the great mass Of material
that one feels the author has at his
command, he has chosen just enough to
make his people vivid and not one
paragraph more. That is where he
proves himself an artist. 1t is nowhere
overburdened with detail nor dull with
unnecessary description. The plot, too,
dramatic as it is, is built accurately
on the characters OF the actors in It.
What they do is the logical outcome Of
what they area characteristic Of only
the ablest writer's.
EDITH LEIGHTON.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

touch introduced by tho author in the
shape Of High Jinks and Low Jinks.
They seemed so aliva; or. IL puppets"
such refrcshingly natural ones.
OF course. Mark Sabre is not to be
forgotten, unbelievably simple IS he
seems. Yet arc we all a. complex ~
Ethel NJ. Dell, for example, and evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. Reich, OF Kansas City. would
bave us believe?
Tho character, in Mr Hutchinson's
book, unlike all characters in meio-
drama, trashy or otherwise, do not de-
pend upon .he situations TO make
them; they mako the situation. Thoy
could be transported out Of the book
.nto different scenes and cirrumstancea
and they would make the Same situa-
tions all over again. That is why the
book is good and why i viii I've
II. NJ. GIRVAN.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

~

k UEST THE ONE-EYED," Z"
~@ by Gunnar Gunnarsson
= II NnoPN' is book which
has been favorably and
even enthusiastically reviewed by all
the critics, but so far it does not
seem to have percolated through to the
general reading public, 1t Will in time,
to BE sure, because 1t is the kind OF
book which cannot be overlooked, and
1t Will be steadily increasing In sales
when Che volumes that are now piled
In attractive pyramids in bookstore
windows have vanished even from the
isst circulating library. 1t is not the
sort OF book that can be dismissed
with snappy epigram-not an intel
lectusi bonbon. but whole feast.
The author is native Of Iceland,
and because the reading public In his
swn country was too limited he learned
70 speak Danish and write his books in
that The languages are utterly differ
ant, and this was a task that must
have taken him years. A man who is
willing to do this before he has writ
ten line must be very sure that he
mas something to say.
Iceland does not near very much to
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Six Best Sellers

The following is the liet OF best
selling book. for the month Of
March given by "Ths Publishers'
Weekly" This list ha, been com
piled and the books arranged in the
order Of their popularity from eI-
elusive reports Of leading book
sellers in every section Of the
country:
FICTION
~ Winter Comes BIZ A S n.
Hutchinson. (Little, Brown
The Head Of the House of
Coombs." By Frances Hod2son Bur-
nett. (StokesD
The Sheik-" By Edith NJ Hull.
(smal. Maynard.)
"Cytherea." By Joseph Hsrrs-
sheimer. (Knopf)
"To the Last Man" By Zans
Grey. (Harper.)
"Brsr.." By Charles G. Norris.
(DuttonJ
NON-FICTToE
The Outline Of History" BY a
G. Wells. (Macmillan.)
The Story Of Mankind" By Hen
drik Van Loon. (Boni & Liveright.)
"Amer;caniLation Of Edward Box
BY Edward Box (Scrib1er.)
Queen Victoria" By Lytton
Strachey. (Harcour+ Brace)
Mirrors Of Washington" Anouy-
n Gus. (Putnam.)
diet and Health" By L q.
Peter.. (Reilly.\
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
FACTORY WASTE

THE ORGANIzA1ION OF MODERN
BUSINESS. By william n. Bassot.
Published by Dodd. Mead Il Co.
WASTE in business, in production.
w 10 seldom made in tho channel.
o! labor. "The factory that uses every
ounce Of material and has the most
conscientious workers in the world
may be the greatest wastrel." So says
tho author Of this book, and then goe.
on to prove that the real wastes arise
through faulty organization, through
"a lack Of balance between the part.
Of . business snd between the business
and its markets"
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

90 NiV' W tUt bdIIN morning L %
thanks to the customs OF the country
in which they live. which forces them
to live in "niggor towns" like the ono
described by the author.
a : STORY this tale is well writer n
and absorbs the reader. The cs-
arrangement between mother and son.
he death scene in her little cabin. The
depiction Of life in "Nigger Town" are
we'll done and bespeak the work Of an
honest and accomplished workman.
The Characterization or the Southern
whites and their utter Indifference TO
the lives of the blacks, together with
their complete contempt for any per-
sonalIty. male or female, educated or
Ignorant VIII start riot anywhere
IN the South because it is so true to
}lio and conditions il most nnv South
EN- community.
One must keep in mind, Of course,
that this story is laid in a small South
crn town Of a few hundred souls.
Therefore, it is but an incomplete pic
ture Of the so-called problem. On the
other hand, It truly represents the
south, which is largely a country Of
small towns, farms and plantations
Urban life and civilization in the Soutf,
are somewhat behind the procession,
compared with the rest of the country
herefore, Bourbonism, bigotrv and
ignorance are intrenched firmly and
make the race problem doubly difficult
to work out. We believe that this book
will be the beginning Of a new era TO,
writers on "the question" because i,
Is SO far in advance Of what has beer
handed to US heretofore.
The author strives to keen the hal.
ancc even by matching tho weaknesse.
Of the white with those of tho black
His too evident effort to be dspas.
slonate viii be questioned bv some
but then the publishers have 10 kee1
an eye on the reading public and its
prcconccived notions.
Without giving away too much Of The
story we want to discuss its ending
The author dismisses Peter with the
dictum That he went through Ha,vard
and came out still negro. All right:
what would you expect? Surely, not a
white man. But after reading this tale
you viii want to ask: What Is a negro
Then Mr.. Stribling puts our credulty
to very severe test. he asks Us tc
believe that Peter Siner, tho son Of s
white man by a black woman, woulc
make mulatto girl his wife who hac
been used by poor white playmate
and about to become a mother be
cause she could not escape the hound
ihgs of this hungry white fiend. NJ
man, white or black, would need TO e
to Harvard 20 learn what to do in cir.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

cumstanccs Ike this. The most ig-
norant negro would have devoted the
rest Of his life to properly Furnishing
this despoilcr Of his sweetheart, and as
for making the unfortunate girl the
mother Of future progeny by marriage
we'll, l leave that to you. Harvard
has been accused of doing some queer
things to her sons, but this outrages
ones good sense.
We wish we could give proper credit
and praise TO +. Luis Mora, who did the
drawings which Illustrate the story.
They are the best t...-.--a we have seen
in many day and give the spirit of
the story in some respects better than
the story itself.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

THERE is nothing IT common be-
tween artists and people who are
not artists. Social teas and back
scratching debauches will not bridge
the gulf. They merely oblitcrate it,
Novelists write out Of contempt for
life. out Of a rcvulsion toward people
They write because they hate and can
not accept without protest the I'M
becilitics of their friends, the fatuous
pretensions OF their admirers Natural
y, this does not refer to all novelists.
We write novels as protest Be
cause these things We see and hear
The lies and distortions about US in