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The New York herald., 1922-05-21
The Education of Tolstoy's
Children.

The Education of Tolstoy's
Children.
V'HE children were growing up,
= and at that time we were of one
mind with regard to their educa-
tion. Leo Nikolaevich always him.
self engaged or found teachers and
governesses for them. We parents
taught them great deal ourselves.
Their father wanted to give them a
most refined education, and to the
boys an exclusively classical one.
He learned Greek himself with great
labor in order to teach our eldest
son, Serge, whom Leo Nikolaevich
wanted to go to the university. by
that time Tanya will be grown up"
nc would say, "and we shall have to
prlng her out" l had to teach the
children those subjects for which at
the time there were no teachers
French, German, music, drawing,
Russian literature, and even dane
ing. knew very little English.
Leo Nikolaevich, who also at that
time had poor knowledge of the
language, began teaching it to me,
and the first book which we read
together in English was Wilkie
Collins's "The Woman in White"
Later on / easily acquired the Ian
guage from the English governess
whom we had for the children
From Tolstoy as HIS Wife Kneao
HIM" in the Freeman.
Concerning Sir James Barrie.
BARRIE as a poet is unknown to
- most of his admirers. They
should recall, however, his verses
on the death of Stevenson, written
after his fame was made. Much
earlier were the lines to the mem
ory of friend, from which, by
some economy of the brain, / pre-
serve: ''They never have been
men who falsely say" The Gavin
Ogilvy" sketches. which went to the
making Of "Auld LIGHT Idylls" and
"a Window in Thrums," were the
beginning of public recognition of
the new author. He had not made
any name at all, or the name was
still very small, when he contrib
uted to certain of the reviews his
articles on Meredith, Barring Gould
and Kipling. OF Mr.. Kipling he
was appreciative, but at the same
time critical. There was some COM
parison to plucky little animal
which kicked hard and would be-
come a fine creature if it lasted.
Those who are cunning at such
work can look up the article for
themselves. 1t must have been
round about this time that Mrs.
Oliphant saluted Kipling and Barrie
as the rising hopes of English lit
erature.-From the London Times.
Another Aspect of the Matter.
ITO the credit of the press be it
L said that kindly forbearance
has been shown to Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle-such is the gratitude
felt for the hours spent in Sherlock
Holiness fascinating company. Yet
the lecture tour of Conan Doyle.
which is to most people merely
pathetic, has possibilities of real
harm. 1t has given fresh impetus
to the whole fraternity of clair
voyants, spiritualistic mediums and
similar frauds. 1t clothes their
nefarious professions with garb
of respectability. 1t has the same
effect that is seen when some rep
utable citizen lends his name to the
board of directors of get-rich-Quick
stock selling company. Against the
recrudescence of this gang, thanks
to the cdchet of the author of Sher
lock Holmes, the police of our cities
should be on their guard.-From
T..
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

described as the gesture of the
mind and soul; happy imagination;
a way of seeing or thinking:
thought itself; the man himself.
That last Characterization, Buttons
it is curious, by the way. that the
most famous remark on style
should have been made by man
Of science-did not mean what il
is commonly supposed to mean, and
is really the signal case of gen.
timely creative misunderstanding;
but no discourse on the matter
could have stressed its inner, con-
ceptual side more. resolutely than
his.-From the London Times.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
The First American Poet.

"A MER1CA'S first poet was a
IL woman, and she was born ia
England. Anne Bradstreet she was,
born Dudley, and to Northampton
shire belongs the honor of having
given her birth. The particular VIII
lage is not definitely known, but the
year was 1872, Shakespeare was
still living, and it was a golden age
OF literature, although perhaps less
golden in fact than in retrospect.
Her father, Thomas Dudley, may
even have known Shakespeare, al
though he probably did not, since
Thomas Dudley himself was bit of
a poet and would have been likely
to celebrate the Master had il been
his good fortune to know him; GER
tainly Thomas Dudley's garrulous
daughter, learning of the circum-
stance. would not have neglected
to mention it.
Dudley had been a soldier in the
Protestant wars OF Elizabeth and
for some years afterward steward to
the Earl of Lincoln, whose fortunes
he helped to retrieve. He was a
man of means and of excellent fam
ily, claiming kinship with the Dud.
leys and Sidneys of Penshurst. His
daughter calls him a magazine Of
history" and we have some samples
OF bis verse, which would seem not
to have been extraordinary.-Ry
Vincent Stdrrett in the Freeman.
Harry L. Foster, whose 'The Ad-
ventures of Tropical Tramp" was
'evicwed in last weeks book section.
began writing during an adventure
hunting tour in Mexico in 1919. He
claims to have sold the first manu.
script he sent out, an unusual ex-
perience, although he adds that il
never was published. 1t was an ar.
ticle predicting the overthrow OF
the Carranza Government, but i'm
mediately after a magazine had ac-
eepted it, and before it could appear
il print, the Carranza Government
was overthrown, wherefore the ar
ticle was consigned to the waste
basket
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
How England Regards American
Men of Letters.

II AWTHORNE is the only Amer
- lean admitted into the Eng
lish Men of Letters Series. This
may be partly accidental, and due
to the fact that it was possible to
get so fine critic as Henry James
to write about him. It also sug-
gests, however, that in 1879 Haw-
thorne was held in higher esteem
than he is held today. There are
several American writers about
whom We are nowadays more curl
Gus. Emerson does not soar at
quite such an altitude as he once
did, but he is still an indubitable
figure of genius on the sunny side
of the clouds. Thoreau, with the
of his sardonic simplicity,
will interest us so long as there is
a society to protest against. Poe,
after we have refined him in the
fiercest fires of criticism. remains
gold of the most precious. Whit
man holds us as the giant aborigine
of democracy as well as the rhapso-
dist of brotherhood and death.
Washington Irving, on the other
hand, has disappeared except from
the schoolbooks, and Oliver Wen
dell Holmes has ceased to be read
by people under SO. Longfellow
has become an exiguous coltribu-
tor to an ANTHOLOGY except in so
far as he is taught, like Irving. to
school children, and Lowell is
oftener quoted by politicians than
by critics of letters.-From the
Neto Statesman.
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and was fond of the children. He
used to say: 81 must write about
Yasnaya Polyana and the life here"
But his intention remained unful-
filled.-From "Tolst0y as His Wife
Kneio Him" in the Freeman.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Entertaining Mrs. Humphry Ward.

EnteItAlnlnS mIS. LlumpnTy warn.
COMEWHERE about 1912 Mrs.
~ Humphry Ward, with her
daughter, spent a few days with us
at our summer home in Burlington.
Vt, and an extraordinarily salts
factory guest she was, despite the
fact that the first night, when her
hostess asked at what time she
liked to breakfast, she answered.
six o'clock" But later she showed
a little outfit of tea apparatus
with jam, biscuits and potted food.
which she always carried, and
which her maid arranged upon her
bed at o'clock. As / remember.
she said that it was her working
habit to begin, after that nip OF
breakfast, with the unfinished mail
o: the day before, and if that were
slight, perhaps little reading or
other writing; then to bathe and
dress in time for the usual break
fast; socn after that, to begin the
real days work, and knock off in
time for a half hour walk before
lunch; soon after lunch to start
work again until tea time; after tea
to avoid everything suggesting
work.-From "Garrulities of an Oc-
tCgendrian Editor" By Henry Holt
in the Independent.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Meeting Turgeniev.

A S mounted circular staircase
"A to his apartment du troisieme
he was leaning over the rail to
greet me, and as l looked up at his
full bearded, strong, kind face l
seemed to be ascending to a prophet.
He was big but not very tail man
with blue eyes, as l remember. We
talked, or rather he did, for an hour
or two, but the only thing that I
remember of that interview was his
saying, Il am no puritan" This is
illustrated by the legend that when
the Germans entered France in 20
a detachment of them took pos
session of a villa in which their
commander recognized over the
principal mantelpiece a portrait of
Turgeniev, and was told, ''It is the
father of Madame" / believe that
he never was married. The German
ordered that the place was to be
unharmed and scrupulously guard
&c. He must have found me an
appreciatiye listener, for he invited
me to spend a day with him at his
country home near Bougival. There
| heard much more than / remem-
Der. BY the way, he spoke much
better English than l did, he hav-
ing been at school in England and
having had to study the language.
which few American boys of nv
time did.-From "Gdrrulities of an
ocfo9enaridn Editor" By Henry
Holt in The Independent.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Trollope's Changing Method.
CHE KNEW He WAS RIGHT"

GLE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT"
IL although not published in
book form until 1869, began publi-
cation in parts in the autumn of
1868, so that it predated "Phineas
Finn" in the authors creative mind
and was, in actual chronology of
invention, the immediate successor
to "The Claverings." Now "The
Claverings" is the last long novel
OF Trollope's second period. 1t be-
longs definitely to the epoch that
produced "Orley Farm" The Small
House at Abingdon" "The Belton
Estate" and "The Last Chronicle of
Barset." Between its writing and
that of "Phineas Finn" something
happened to change the authors
line of approach to his imaginary
characters. That something was
"He Knew He Was Right" 'sPhineas
Finn" the second tale of the polit-
ical series, shows clearly, when com
pared with its inaugural predeces-
sor, "Can You Forgive Herr" that
the authors method was Altering
From the Nep Statesman.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
b Lss Paps.

Last mite woak up all OF suddin
and remembered there was still half
OF q lcmmin rnerrang pie down in the
bred box and the more | thawt OF it
the more felt like a hunk, and got
out Of bed and started to sneek down
stairs in my pidInmmcrs, and there was
4 lite in the setting room and could
hecr a newspaper ratteling, proving
pop was still in there reeding me think
ing, Heck, @ well, if ! sneck down
easy maybe he wont hcer me.
And got past the setting room door
without pop hecring me and got all
the way down to the frunt hall without
him heering me, thinking Hcrray, vic
terry, the coast is cloer
Wich Jest then wat did | do but
bunk into the dining room door in the
dark on account Of it being closed and
me trying to wawk throo it as if it vas
open, and it made fearsc noise and
pop called down, Watts that, who's that
Me Jest standing there not brecthing
in my pidjammers, and pop dident say
eny more and ] opened the dining
room door slow and it skreeked n little
and ] opened it fast and it skreeked a
lot and Jest then wat did do but mock
over dining room chair, making the
werst noise yet, and herd pop jump
ing up and he called down over the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10

II is reported that the rcformers are
going to put the lid down good and hard
on all Irritation. Especially arr mascu-
line flfts to be abolished. The man who
stands on the street corner, and oges
every passing skirt will find the Jail
yawring for him and ~ for the he-vamp,
there will be something with boiled oil
in it for him.
The suppression OF the male flirt is
supposed to be done for the protection
of women, bat have little knowledge OF
my sisters if they will thank any one for
protecting them against love-making
real or spurious.
What encouragement is there going
to be for a woman to put in a couple OF
hours waving her bobbed hair, and at
tiring herself in her knee length skirt
and her best handmade complexion, il
no rowing eye on the street is to he per-
mittcd to follow her with an admirinp
look in it2 What is Irritation but bite ol
the forbidden apple to woman, and what
is life going to be without it? Cinders
ashes, and dust.
After all, the masculine flirt is not a.
rcd ashe is painted, nor as dangerous a.
w iS suppoSeu W VIC. btN'ihg t"' "
discussion the street mashcr, who II
after all only menace to those womcr
who Are deliberately seeking temptation
the men who play at love-mallng divide
up into certain types so familiar tha
any woman with a grain OF intelligence
in her recognizes each at sight.
The most familiar is the universal hirt
| He starts out with the primitive idei
that the way to entertain woman Is t.
make love to her, just rs you woult
shake rattle at baby His theory il
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10
My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrison New Phase Of
Revelations of Wife
Copyright 1921. by Nswspapse asurs ssevSrs Inc

not spoken. As l turned to walk into
the kitchen. ] heard lilliAn's voice in =
crisp command, "MArionl Come here at
once, and thc childs obceient, "Ycs
mother" rs she left her play.
Mother Graham WAS in full voice and
going strong when reached the kitchen.
There ELrabcth' hope you see now
tic result Of your fool theories. Those
young ones paid no more attention to
Margarct's please than If she had been
the wind that blows. Now, you 60 out
there and get those children in the
house without any further nonsense or
III take hand myself and they won't
like that, | promise YOU
Elizabeth walked without comment to
the door, and made her way---at trihc
more accelerated gait than usual--to
the spot where. her children were play
ing. confess that watched her curl
ously and would have given n good
deal To hear the colloquy which ensucd
between her and the younestcrs---a con-
vcrsation Of which | could CLEAN no
word
But the effect certainly indicated that
the mother, herself had good control
over her children, no matter what was
their attitude toward requests OF COM
mands from other prople, for IN another
minute she had turned toward the house
and her brood were following her as
dutifuily ~ ever chickens hoppcd in the
wake OF clucking mother hen.
"You Needn't Tell Me-"
"you needn't tell mer' said Mother
Graham bcllgercntly at my elbow, and
had mn instant's panicky doubt rs tc
whether her combativencss was mean,
for her daughter or for me. But she
explained without delay. You ncedn',
tell me that Elizabeth depends only
upon that soft soap and palavcr to bring
those youn gstcrs Of hers to time, she
snid with n snort There's something
she does TO them, for they do mind hel
when she takes the trouble TO max,
them, and Id give a cookie TO know
what II N.
agreed with her perfectly, but
! knew tar. Tar better than to make any
comment upon her little speech. II
! disagreed with her, she would be furi
ous, and il agreed with her and darco
To criticfsc Elizabeth, / well knew thai
she would at once make a llghtning-lk,
change of front, uphold her daughter
and upbraid lucklcss me for my temer
| ity.
hut as went upstairs to obey Mother
Grahnms directions to get evcrybod,
down 20 breakfast at once" resolved
rather mcanly, 10 watch my apparently
placid sister-ln-law and find out, i
/ possible, her secret OF discipline.
! TO be continued.)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10
ANSWERED LETTERS.

A. !. b.. ~ have lost two fine recipes
that l cut from your column--one for
Buttercup Cake and one for Walnut
Cake. Will you please reprint them"
Answer: Buttercup Cake: Cream to-
gether l y cups of sugar and n cup OF
butter. Stir in - cvp Of sweet mix,
the beaten yolks of eggs, "a cups OF
flour sifted with 2 teaspoons OF baking
powder, the stiffly beaten whites of the
3 eggs, and, last, teaspoon of vanilla.
Bake in two layers for 80 minutes in a
hot oven: Put together with this:
: Filling for Buttercup Cake: Put 2
cups of confectioners sugar, u cup OF
rich top-milk, and = cup of butter into
a saucepan and heat; after the boiling
point is reached, let simmer Tor MN
utcs, stirring often, then remove from
range, add teaspoon vanilla, and>stir
in l more cup of confectioners sugar.
Let cool slightly before putting be-
tween the LAYERS. Frost this cake by
mixing a very little water and "a tea
spoon of vanilla with ! cup of confec-
TONERS sugar $50 that the consistency
will be that Of thick batter.)
Walnut Cake: Cream y cup butter,
duO Cup BIdliulhtSO oubnA, eASaA oA~ -
cgg-yolks beaten, u cup Of sweet
milk, and Ia cups Of -four which have
been sifted with 215 teaspoons Of bak-
ing powder. Fold in the two egg-whites
stiffly beaten and. add q of cup of
walnut meats broken fairly small. Turn
into a buttered loaf-cake pan which is
about 4 s inches in size measuring
the bottom of the PAM and bake 40
minutes in q moderate oven.
A Reader: How can / drive mice
away from bureau drawers?"
Answer: Sprinkle the drawers with
sulphur powder. .
Mrs. O.: Il am sure other readers,
as we'll as myself, would appreciate a
recipe for the old-fashioned sugar
cookies that our grandmothers made >
Answer: Try one of the following
taken from a very old homemade cook
book Ia school composition book
cherished by one Of my neighbors:
Sugar Cookies, No. /: Cream to-
gether az cups of granulated sugar
and / cup of butter; add beaten egg,
y cup of sweet milk in which l tea
spoon of soda has been dissolved, and
cups of -four. Mix well, roll thin,
cut out and bake a light brown in a
quick oven."
Sugar Cookies, No. 2: Cream "a Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10

good but he Mcks discrimination in
applying IT, In time he gets to he too
glib with his story Besides, no woman
mircs every other woman.
The thing that goes to her head ia the
illusion that she has captured citadel
that every other woman has stormed
in vain.
The universal flirt's brother is the
love-at-tirst-si man. You meet
him two minutes before he takes you in
to dinner. On the way TO the table he
tells you that he was thrilled by your
appearance the moment he entered the
room.
Between the soup and the fish he con-
fides in you that you are tho ideal for
whom he has been searching through all
these weary years, and before you get
TO the entrees you are assured that YOU
have inspired deathcss passion. This
is too sAdderf. Still, there are women
vain enough to believe anything.
The man who tells you that he has
never loved before is rather dying out,
and now he tells that fairy tale only to
debutantes. He is aware that older
women know better, and besides, few
women care for amateur love-makinp
anyway
Then there is the masculine flirt
whose strong suit is his sins. He talks
darkly and roman.ically Of n desperate
past. lie never had o mother or sister
but if he only had your angel influence
lrrfeels that he could lead the higher life
Heaven alone knows why, but tn,
idea Of making reformatory of herscl
is irresistibly alluring to woman, anc
this kind of man is fatally fascinating tt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10

pio,m girls. They send him good books,
and embroider texts for his room, and
sometimes it hurts their innocent little
heart when they find out that forty-scven
other kirls are also acting rs mother
confcssor to him
The clcverest masculine flirt is the
p'atonic Hist. He il nm artist where Other
men are bunglers. After having vlr-
tually served notice on you that his
attentions are without intention, IT
leaves him free to be as sentimental as he
pleascs, and he generally pushes his
privileges.
He talks of xouls instead OF hearts,
but it comes to the same thing He tells
you that he relics on ypur judgment and
is guided by your intelligence, and that
you alone comprehend his aspirations and
ambitions. Nothing flatters a woman
like being thought capable OF an exalted
friendship, but il she is wise she pnsses
up the platonic brand.
The married Hrt always has n sacret
sorrow that he confides to you the second
time you meet him. His wife never
understands him. She is dull and
prosaic creature, while he is all soul
and then he looks tenderly into your
eyes and says dreamIy, What 9
heaven life would have been il ! had
only met you in time"
The married flirt is only dangerous u
young and sympathetic girls. Th'
woman Of experience has met hun ant
heard the tale before.
And so the merry little game Of flirta
ton goes gay!y on. Sometimes pcopl'
are hurt? Oh, perhaps. Not often
There's nothing else quite so elastic a
the human heart.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10

house and if YOU like ! will do it for
YOU"
MIR. Possum was quite willing, for
he had no idea what Mr.. Fox meant
by decorations. and when later MIR.
Fox came lueging a big bag along the
path Mr.. Possum stopped what he was
dong TO watch.
These make a very tasty decoration" !"
said Mr.. Fox, holding up strings of dried
apples which he took from the bag
II will hang them all around the house
and you won't know the place when l
finish.
IL was not because Mr.. Fox was gen.
erous that he brought the dried apples.
oh. no. IL WAS because he had eaten
some and found they did not at all
agree with his digestion and he had no
use for them.
Mr. Possum had TO admit that his
house did look nice when Mr.. Fox had
finished hanging the. strings of driep
apples about, and when the guests
arrived they were so taken up with
admiring MIR. Possum's house they for
got for n minute to see what was on
the table.
Now Mr.. Wood Rat j. not at all
particular what he eats so long as
there is plenty of il, and after the
guests had eaten while things began
to grow scrace and Mr.. Wood Rat be-
gan 90 grow uneasy.
SO the frs, chance he got to leave
without being noticed he jumped down
from the table and ran TO the pantry
TO see u there was more food to be
served.
On his way he happened to think
Of the decorations, and up he ran to
taste the dried apples, which he liked
30 much that he ate and ate until he
could eat no more.
Then feeling thirsty, Mr.. Wood Rat
and drank. my how full / feel" he
exclaimed. ooh. what a terrible pain. u
And holding his paws over his stomach
he squaekcd and over he rolled on his
back.
All the guests came running to him
and II DIR. Badger had not been righ,
there that would have been Mr.. Wood
Rats last party.
When all the confusion was over Mr.
Fox said: This should be warning
TO everyone, never eat the decorations
II isn't polite in the first place anc
an animal fattened on dried apple,
isnt I. worth catching let alone eat
But he was speaking 70 an empty
room, for all the small animals tool
70 their heels and fed and Mr.. Pos
sum was sound asleep.
"Such rpannersl" exclaimed Mr.
I EAv kA
and the Others run home when the
After-dinnsr speaking begins, and
have not had half enough to eat yet
Poor party and poor-looking guests
After all my bother TO have Mr.. Pos
sum give this party, shall have tc
~ over the hill TO get my supper"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-10
Sure Way To Get
Rid Of Dandruff

There IS one sure way that never
fails to remove dandruff completely and
that IL TO dissolve it. This destroys 1t
entirely. To do this. just get about
four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid
arvon; apply II at night when retiring; I;
use enough to moisten the scalp and
rub II In gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most IL not all, OF your
dandrun will be gone, and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace OF 1t, no matter
how much dandruff you may have.
You will find. too, that all itching
and digging Of the scalp will stop in
stantly. and your hair will be fluffy,
lustrous. glossy, silky and soft, and
look and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is inexpensive, and four
ounces Is all you will need This
simple remedy has never been known
10 fail.