Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-17
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none ID more artihtic IN his treatment
of certain periods Of English history
and OF local legends and none uses
more suggestively and altogether
satisfactorily backgrounds In fayorite
parts 81 England than Sir Arthur
II. CUTLER. COflch. or O." His special
field Is the southwest of England,
Devon, Somerset and Cornwall. His
home has for some years been at
Fowey, a Cornish seacOast village.
In q long literary career he has pro.
duced many novels and short stories.
most Of them with Devonshire or
Cornish settings. One Of his shorter
ronances, and one of his most de.
OF the Napoleonic War. The scene
Is Axcester Parish, In Somerset,
where the Westcotes Of Bayfield,
House have IN 1910 been for about
$50 years the leading county family.
The family IL now reduced to three
middle-aged, unmarried persons En-.
dynni0n Westcote Is head Of the fam
lily, Justice Of the peace for the coun-
ty. major OF It's yeomanry. guard
Ian Of the poor, governor OF the
grammar school, chairman Of feof-
fees and, most important Of all, in
1910 commissary for the French
prisoners CHARTERED at Axcester on pa
role. Narcissus Westcote ID a dream
or and q scholar. q gq0d deal Of an
Archaeological, whose chief interest is
the fine Roman pavement discovered
during some repairs beneath the hoor
OF Bayfield, House. Dorothea West
cote il Just a well born English old
maid Of the early nineteenth century.
So years old, neither handsome nor
gifted. fond of her garden, submits
sive to her brothers, q good house.
keeper and a creditable hostess; yet.
the romance Is concerned with her.
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The French prisoners have trans
formed Axcester from quiet little
town, where most Of the people are
poor, into busy and prosperous one.
whose High street and Market place
are crowded every morning about IL
when the London mail coach arrives,
announced by q cheerful blast Of the
guards horn. The prisoners Of the
better class have funds which they
spend freely for the provisions which
the country people bring In to the
market. Gen. Rochambeau, the vi
comte de Tocqueville and old Rear
Admiral de WaIlly. Duchemin are q
great addition to the rather limited
social life OF the Westcotes. The
December ball At the Dogs Inn IL an
unusually brilliant affair. because q
young Provencai. M. Charles Raoul,
has redecorated the Orange room
with splendid classical scenes. Doro-
gloves and cap Of ashen.gray, with
fiame-colored sash and shoulder
knots, dances with the young artist,
and forgets her age. Here the 70.
n1aIiceand the troublebegin. The
story moves to a climax Of unusual
effectiveness. The dignifled EndyTi1.
ion and his not-so.subndissive-a
usual sister Dorofhea go on O I'VE.
day journey by chaise in q snow.
stor macross Dartm0or to Princetown
prison. to carry an important mes
sage to M. Haoul CUTLER Couch 3
best powers of description are illus.
trated in the chapter about this
journey: Snow lay in thick drifts
on the skirts Of the great moor and
snow whirled about them a. they
climbed, until day broke upon q howl
Ing desert, across which Dorothea
peered but could discern no features.
Not leagues but years divided Fay
field from this fableland. high over
all the world, uninhabited. without
tree or gate or hedge. Her eyes were
heavy with lack Of sleep, srnarting
with the bite of the north wind.
which neither ceased nor Aased until.
towards 10 O'Clock, the carriage began
to lumber saownhill towards Two
Rridges, under the lee of Cfockern
Tor.
The poems of Vachei Lindsay,s new
volume. Going stars. were
composed on tramping tour around
land near st. Mary's Lake, about which
are nine encircling mountains. A
previous volume, Going. to.the.Sun, .
was the result of a similar tour in
Glacier National Park The poems Of
the two volumes are alike tn their
rapturous worship Of natural beauty
and the imagination inspired by that
beauty. The qualities for which
vacl1el Lindsay ID enthusiastically ad-
rlired by some and disliked by others
appear in full measure in both
volumes--the rapid movement, the
repetition Of words and frequent re-
Trains. the sardonic humor. the jazz
effects. the violation Of all traditions.
Going to-the- Stars" Is illustrated by
the poet himself with futurist designs,
chiefly OF mountains, trees and ami.
mails.
Y X t.g ~ +
The scientific spirit which offers
the body as willing sacrifice In the
cause Of knowledge has many ex.
amples In the history OF science. A
minor example, not involving risk Of
death or serious injuries but sum.
GENTLY grueson1e to an amateur, IL re.
lated by William Beebe In his Edge
of the Jungle" While occupying, with
two fellow scientists, the bungalow OF
the Tropical Research Station of the
New York Geological Society, situated
at Kartabo, at the junction OF the
Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers, In
British Guiana, he one night de.
terfnined to study the habits 81 VAN.
pires. which were nightly visitants to
the bungalow, Some weeks passed
after the establishment of the
scientists In the bungalow before the
vampires discovered that "the color
Of our skins was no criterion OF
dilution of blood, = but once this i'm.
pOrtant fact was ascertained, the
blood sucker seemed to find no fault
with the flavor OF scientists. Beebe
and his companions regularly left
toes, fingers, elbows or whole arms and
legs exposed to tempt the savage
guests and he reports that .'fOr three
nights they swept about us with
hardly q whisper of wings, and
accepted either toe or elbow or
finger, or all three, and the cots and
floor in the morning looked like an
emergency hospital behind an active
front. In spite Of every attempt at
keeping awake, We dropped on TO sleep
before the bats had begun, and did
not Waken until they left. So
science profited little from the bloody
orgy.
10 leave the amateur eardener no
delusiol1s about the ease Of raising
vegetables, fruits and flowers (the
real farmer has no delusions). along
comes hook by Prof. Glenn w.
Herrick Of Cornell University. which
tells the whole disCouraeine truth. II