Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-12
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80 man VINO coined the idea of
We Younger generation In our ma
tional literature has n consi,lerohIo
i, responsibility on his shoulders. John
narrar' the young editor OF rho
Dookhan. lays the blame entirely on
inc shoulders OF William Rose Bcnet.
., re said 1t first" objects Mr.. Farrnr.
IN not up TO him to object now to
.nc idea. But only n few moments
carrier Mr. Bcnet had been obicctinc
decidedly to the idea. He sees the
younger generation putting n eeri
q oubneBs Into their books which can
only be nscribed as nm overland of
Furitanism. 1t IL not thnt writing
should not be tnken seriously. we
want seriousness SO far az good
writing and good construction are
concerned by all means. but there Is
the attitude of mind which turns the
younger generation into realis,s
whether or not they have n taste for
mat thing. which makes retormers
OF thcm--a kind OF divine right to
ooserve tho world critically and re-
nort OF IL Judicially. whether they
no good observers or discerning
critics. Mr.. Benct sees n renl place
Tor tho light novel todny--not tho
trashy novel. but tho light novel
which mirrors truly the lighter side
or life. 1t takes more Discrimination
'nd sophlst!cation than the casual
OF tho light touch. MIR. Benct's own
hrst novel. which IS scheduled 10 ap-
pear next month, Is being rather
more thnn eagerly awaited
when ono speaks al the younger
generation in this particular year IL
IS impossible 10 keep from calling 10
mind Dorothy Spcaro. the yo,Inp Hoa-
ton gir!. whose Dancers in tho
Dark" II IL predicted VIII be ono OF
The years best sellers. Miss Spears
is 1912 smith graduate and at pres
,nt she ia ehSer To convince tile pub =
ne mat IL Is possible To succeed
simultaneously In two arts Not
only Is this nrst novel to be pub
iished Immediately. but at the same
season she Is To sing with the IIar-
ward Mnsica. Association. She Is also
doing series Of storic for the Cos
mopolitan Magazine.
D"rinrcs the FInpner Libel.
Nothing makes Miss Spcare moro
eugry than the puTgestion that she
- 10 be the Scott F!tzgernldin. =.
she protests vehcmcntly Rt the very
lncn OF the Happier who has made
tl'.scralh famous. Dorothy Spcarc
Goes not insist that there IL no such
type OF girl, but she does hold tina.
she IN not Common. that there arc
ihr more OF the type she pictures
who may experiment. little as boys
ave always experimental. but who
DO nothing bad and who marry tho
right men in the end Just as their
tr4thers have always married the
right girls in the end The nappcr
sh" declares Is a libel on the gem
oral run OF Young girls. I'm my
book" she told mo. "thsre liz no In
discriminate kissing Ny girls don't
get kissed until they are engaged"
what has pleased Miss Spcare par
ttcmlar!y during the serial publicn-
ton OF her novel IN the Dclineator
has boon the wide variety Of ,ypes OF
pcnpl" who have been Interested In
~ More than moat young authors
tNc has had tho opportunity TO rouse
comment and Ia realize how differ
entity the same story can aTcc; diff
f'rcnt p"ouIc.
National Geographic Society CORE
spends 10 the Pulitzer prize In lit
crhture, except that 1t is awarded
Tor popular book, which. as con-
dsitop ot the award. must DO free
from every suspicion OF nature FAX
ing rms priz. was awarded at
Washington February 81 10 EIhIjal-
muir Strfansson in recognition OF the
unique interest and Importance OF
his book. "rhc Friendly Arctic" the
outstanding geographic publication
%: 1921 ran into Miss Louis.c Sea-
nan. az the Macmillan Company, on
KUN Avenue bus and found her
reading letter from Edwin Balmer.
'hc short story writer. in which ne
complained that the publishers had
made no statement strong enough
concerning the value OF this book
according To Mr. Balmer tho pitiatlc
element In the story OF tho discov-
cry Of the American continents had
come through the fact that from Co
1t IL
had been merely advcRturers who
had no scientific knowledge to make
them estimate properly the value OF
their findings. Ststansson is lit
orally the first, Air. Baimer declares,
20 discover new lands and peoples
and to be armed with the anthropo-
logical and chronological knowledge
1" make u valuable report of his dis
covcrics.
New DcInHcId hook.
Mr.. ProhacE, Arnold BENEFITS la
test creation. is Il person with Il
Keen eye and a shrewd and biting
tongue. Many OF his observations
are worth remembering. or his
daughter he says: "In 1917 saw
that girl IN dirty overalls driving n
laundering great van down White
l.all. Yesterday / met her In her
foolish high heels and her shocking
openwork stockings and her neGligl-
bic dress ana her exposed throat and
her fur stole. and She was so de-
!:ciOus and so absurd and so futile
and so sure OF her power that--that-
wcll-that chit has the right to ruin
mc-not because OF anything she's
done, but because she is" Again he
writes of the matrimonial opportuni-
I ties OF typists: I'm The Daily Pic
;urc' the typist always marries the
millionaire. But outside The Daily
Picture I doubt whether these ro-
mantle things really happen. There
are $4,000 girl typists in the city
alone. BESIDES about n million In
WHITEHALL. The opportunities for
espousing millionaires and ministers
OF state are countless. But no CIR!
typist has been married at St.
Georges, Hanover Square, since type
writer's were invented"
All those peonlo who understood