Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
Kipling's aImmortals" Remark
Stirs Wave of Speculation

the greatest English writer's of his
day. England may claim him as an
outstanding Anglo-Saxon author, one
who has pictured with courage and
slxill the spirit Of the age in which he
lived England honors herself when
she honors Kipling. Wherever his
verses and stories have been read
there will be applause"
Are we to blame" asks the Louis
Vile Herald-Post, ''if sometimes we
are tempted to say of him what he
said of certain lines Of Keats-These
are the pure magic. These are the
clear vision. The rest is only poetry?
Often enough he affects tis that way.
this typical, masterful, tumultuous
Britof, who, in the dark hour OF
doubt. strengthened the national
flber." In similar vein the Newark
Evening News remarks: The Royal
Society of Literature listens to a
Kipling and trades honor for honor.
When the shadows lengthen.' to
quote his own phrase, Britain's un.
thoughtful. The real KiplIng speaks:
the Kipling whose occasional g;impses
Of opened heavens may yet set him
among his dozen seers. Reading, one
senses an occasion--a high moment
in a life being lived by an intellectual
master whom history, at the least,
will not ignore"
A&&
And Kiplins. in his speech Of ac-
ceptance.t declares the Milwaukee
Journal, sis the Kipling of old, point
ing the way in q phrase. Fiction.
he says, Is Truths elder sister So
1t IL. And well It may be that one
can judge an age, at least its spiritual
standing, by the excellence OF its lit
erature. When poetry began to de-
cline, that ought to have been
warning to US of the many things
that have happened since. For we no
longer had men who saw the world
rs It is. Out of the darkness Of ma
terialism that settled down one voice
sang clearly--the voice of Kipling.
Kipling may not be able today TO
reach the heights OF the Recessional.'
but HIS literary ideals are the same,
and they win b. the same until, for
him. 'AArth's last picture ID painted,'
and We come to the time he foresees:
s.And only me Messer shan gral,s us. and
- one ahan work for fame
g in his Separats star.
shall draw NE TAinE q BE sees u for the
God Of Things As they are ~
L TSs ~ tAlWitH8s was tAtc HtIA8SA VI tAtO
empire states the Chicago Tribune.
che gave to 1t all he had when the
empire was ct stake. But aside from
its service to his nation. Kipllng's art
viii I've for It's own Inherent worth
as literature. 1t will live for one
thing because he opened new doors
OF literary exploration. His style will
rank among the mastery styles 81
English writing. He was the writer
Of action, OF work, OF duty. He was
the exh0rter to energy, vigOr, en-
cheney. Audacity. He was the poet or
things Is they are. The San Fran
cisco Bulletin, Emphasizing the In
adequacy Of the medal awarded, says
that - man Of such standards can
be under no illusions as to the perma-
hence Of his work. The PhiiRdel.
phia Record comments on the fact
that sthere are men ii the House OF
Lords, On account o. their work in
literature, who are TAR below KfpIine
III distinction. to which the LyIcll.
bur8 Advance replies: eSir Rudyar1
or Lord Mandalay would be no more.
hut less, than Rudyard Kipling To
bvers Of HIS poems and tales. = And
the south Bend Tribune records thar
ne Belongs III the world and the
world lonf ~ deeiled ht z