Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 64

Waskington Water Color Club’s Annual Exhibition at the Cor- coran Gallery of Art—Notable Showing and Many Well Known Artists Represented. THE SUNDAY_STAR, WASHINGTO BY LEILA MECHLIN. HE Washington Water Color Club's Thirty-first Annual Ex- hibition, which opened in the Corcoran _Gallery of Art yes- terday and will be on view until January 17, more than upholds the bigh standard of merit set in past sea- sons. In fact, this is as attractive and worthwhile a showing as.one will find even in New York, where notable ex- bibitions are the rule. Water color as a medium has been gegarded somewhat as a ‘“weak sis- ter.” When it first came into use in England it was classed as drawing &nd applied in delicate wash. All this, however, is a thing of the past. In recent years our painters have learned to use water color with a freshness and vigor heretofore unknown. Wins- Jow Homer was one of the first to find such virile expression, and Sargent some years later added to the new tradition. It is an amazing thing how many painters today are worthily fol- lowing in the footsteps of these great modern masters, demonstrating their originality and, furthermore, their right to be reckoned in the same com any. Undoubtedly the modern move- ent for simplification and use of strong, clear color has induced finer expression in this medium, and it is worth mentloning that the paintings in this current exhibition for the most part go to show that one can be at the same time both modern and sane Great credit accrues to the commit- tee of the Washington Water Color Club, responsible for the hanging of this exhibition. The arrangement is excellent and the showing as a whole is effective. Wisely, this committee has as far as possible hung the works of the artists represented in groups, thus forming engaging units and as- suring homogeneity in effect The opening group, Nos. 1 to 4 in *he catalogue, are paintings by sesler Jackson, who has lately re. .urned from a year abroad. These four | however, are of local s Blossoms, Potomac Woods in Rock Creek Park," * ‘ebrew Temple” and “The Cathedral 2 Mount Saint Alban,” each most ympathetically interpreted. Balancing this group at the opposite end of the 1l i3 another and larger group Jackson, of subjects found chiefly in Sicily — charming ts, full of the picturesqueness of ace, yet rendered with the utmost il and simplicity. All of these are tle pictures painted in gouache on «ray paper and possess what might be rmed both big and precious qual es. | Next to Miss Jackson's first group ngs a group of three in pure water | lor by Eleanor Park Custis, One | the famous church, San Gio, umo; one a street in Bellagio, with ail of its delightful crookedness and scinating color; the third, a view in o Tuilleries. Miss Custis has never Gone better. and this is saylng much. Villiam H. Holmes, president of the ster Color Club and director of the tional Gallery of Art, is represented 12 small paintings arranged on two e mounts, “improvised bits” painted iring the past Summer—the artist's memories of things seen. It is hard belleve that these little pictures vere not done in the face of Nature, vital are they, so convincing. If v are not actualities they readily sizht be; they should be: Nature her- never wrought more surely or ore perfectly. And what a vast unt Mr. Holmes has encompassed small space without jeopardizing impression of size, of grandeur! » hing could better testify to the I\;?r's versatility and skill than this bit. is extremely interesting in this ibition to come across two water rs by Charles W. Hawthorne, for assoclates Mr. Hawthorne as a with large figure paintings In oil. however, are instances of his work, witnessing his command of e than one medium. “Sunlit »fs” and “Sunset From High Head" both essentially impressions and it be viewed from a distance in T to reajize effect, but they are lant achievements, true renditions the illusion of dazzling sunlight ugh shimmering atmosphere. lizabeth 8palding of Denver, Colo., e work is well known in Wash: on through frequent exhibition e, likewise shows two broadly ated renditions of big themes— {lls in Autumn, Colorado,” and “In Snow, Colorado,” exceptionally works, llizabeth Sawtelle has never at- ied greater success than in her rse works which here represent ar—"Street Scene, Taormina”: ‘“Re- ections,” a still pool mirroring the " 1ge of. its shore, and last but per- 1+ s best, “Surf,” an extraordinary iting showing an incoming roller 1 comb tossed back by the wind, :xceedingly difficult subject handled 1 amazing power and veracity. rs. Susan B. Chase shows a group hree admirable works painted in vicinity of Washington, all dif- subjects well rendered. There are notable paintings by Gladys Bran- wn, formerly of Washington, now New York, both Bermuda scenes. wre is an interesting picture of one ihe well known harbors in the Is- vt of Majorca by William J. Potter ') & colorful rendition of the Bay of \.iiles by Mary C. Koolage. Annie D. i+ 'y shows an interesting picture of ¢ Rock, in the Blue Ridge, and ¥ K. Porter an admirably painted ip ‘of pines on a hillside. Lucien Powell, who has just celebrated his tieth birthday anniversary, is rep-' \ T resented by two typical works—"“Win ter, Grand Canyon,” and "The La- goons, Venice.” "Quite at thé opposite pole in methad and style of expression are thres paintings by Edgar Nye, who is workifig at present In the man ner of the more extreme of the mod ernists. It is unusual to see life-sizg portraits in water colo, and more umysual still to see them well done, butfuch can be said in praise of the $hree por- traits of Japanese by ClardggR. Saun- ders, which form one of thg most in- teresting groups in this @xhibition. Miss Saunders spent last Simmer In China and Japan. ¥ Interest in still life, partieularly in flower paintings, is one of the by- products of the modernist Movement, and one for which all maybe grate ful. This exhibition is particularly rich in floral paintings of engaging character, pictures essentially deco- rative and at the same time significant of the characterful beauty of flowers. As in other subjects, many - methods of treatment are shown, some ex- tremely flat and direct, others more subtle, atmospheric, and others again boldly naturalistic. Miss Muhlhofer shows three large paintings of flowers rendered some- what in the style of the old Dutch school. Kate A. Willlams shows a naturalistic treatment of a camellia still a_part of the living branch. She also shows, under the intriguing title “A Sermon,” a vase of flowers, over which presides a Jack-in-the-pulpit. Emma D. Rice contrtbutes an excellent study of dogwood. From Frances Hungerford Coombs comes a charm ing composition in which marigolds are the chief factor. She also s an_excellent study of zinnias. s, indeed, s the day of the zinnia, and the bright co lend charm to this and almost every other cotemporary exhi- bition of painting in oil, as well as in water color. Nothing could be more lovely, uld seem, than Lona Miller K linger's “French Marigolds” and her floral studv, “Lavender and Pink,” both sympathetically rendered. And again one must pause before Dee Beebe's superb rendition of English roses, beside which, however, Elsle George's modest little vase of home- grown roses need not stand abashed. S. Peter Wagner contributes this year a floral study, “Hybiscus,” as well as a well rendered landscape, it | those who see it onee will be recalled p- | and with a new theme, a city picture. two broadly rendered Provincetown| themes. Yarnell Abbott shows a pic- ture of a New England street, and a still life strong in color and well rendered, “Squash and Peaches,” both of which occupy places of honor. Lilllan Giffen of the Baltimore Water Color Club has sent a picture of “High Surf,” and from Carolyn C. Mase comes a picture entitled “Morning on the Sea.” An odd con- tribution is a picture entitled “Anxious Mother,” a white hen perturbed over her brood, painted by Elizabeth A. McG. Knowles. Margarete Lent, one of the yqunger painters, is twice represented. J. Har- vard McPherson sends a group of four landscapes. Bensomn Moore is at his best in a Winter plcture and a broad view of rolling, sparsely tree- grown country. 3ut in an exhibition upheld through- out to so high a standard it is almost impossible to mention or praise all. The great significance of the present showing is the absence of weak spots. Among others well represented but not previously mentioned are Jane Peterson, who shows two interesting pictures painted in Turkey: Alexander Portnoff, who is represented by two | unusual themes found at Cape May; Mary Worthinzton Crummer, who contributes two delightful still life aintings, unusual compositions; Roy rk, who is at his hest in two ndscape themes; Olle Nordmark, who rsends what may be taken as ple- ture of a Norwegian rocky headland But why enumerate? This exhibition {must be seen to ho appreciated, and by interest As an introduction, or an adjunct, to the water colpr showing is an in | teresting group of etchings, drawings {and work In black and white, hung in {the small anteroom. Here one finds Hattie E. Burdstie In a new medium | “Snow and Fog,” done in_ charcoal |and chalk on gray paper. Here Is a zroup of five excellent recent etchings by Benson B. Moore of wild birds and animals, and here is a group of six exquisite etchings by John Taylor Arms of forelgn citles, his latest and best works; but again it is impossible to enumerate to duly praise all. The majority of these charming and admirable works of art are for sale,| D. ¢, DECEMBER 19, 1926—PART 2. IN WATER COLOR EXHIBITION “KONDO SAU.” A WATER COLOR PORTRAIT BY CLARA A. CONTAINED IN LLERY OF ART. THE EXHIBITION AT THE COR. examples of Pierre Bonnard, who Mr. Phillips considers one of the greatest lving painters. Fuller description of these im- portant acquisitions and announce- ment regarding approaching exhibi- tions will appear in these columns later. *x X% 'HE pictorlal sectlon from the seventy-first annual exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain is now on view in the Arts and Industries Bullding of the “SAN GI0, COMO,” BY ELEA! NUAL EXHIBITION OF THE WASHINGTON WATER COLOR CLUB. OR_PARKE CUSTIS. ONE OF THE WATER COLORS IN THE AN- “Morning in Virginia,”” and Rosa Wag- ner takes her place for the first time as an exhibitor, If we are not mis- taken, with a well painted study of white zinnias, not an easy theme. There are quite a number of new names in the catalogue this year, which is an excellent sign. Among them is that of Agnes Stone, who con tributes two subjects, both of which presumably were painted on the coast of Maine, and one is a view of the rocks on Isle Au Haut, More in the manner of the old school, yet extremely interesting, is a picture by F. M. Lamb of two hunt- ing dogs trailing quall. Elizabeth Dorothy Burt Trout sends four ex- cellent pictures painted abroad—"Gate at Mont St. Michel,” extremely well rendered; ““Chartres,” a rather un al viéw; “Fishermen at Concarneau,” and ‘Street at Mont St. Michel.” Felix Mahony 1is represented by and it may surprise some to know that they are priced at from $20 to $300, the majority under $100, whereas the etchings and black and white works range in price from $5 to $200. What an investment in pleasure, even the so-called “comfortably poor” here can make! THE i Phillips Memorial Gallery an- nounces new acquisitions to its permanent collection. These comprise a painting bv Winslow Homer .en- titled “To the Rescue,” a character- istic and extremely dramatic work; a painting, “Still Life of Fruit” by Claude Monet, secured & few months before the painter’s death, from the Durand Ruel private collection; and an interior, “Intimacy,” by E. Vuil. Iard, who forms one of the links be- tween the impressionists and the ex- pressionists; as well as two new Smithsonlan Institution, and ig said to be the most important exhibition of its type yet brought over from England. There are more than 200 prints, comprising every type of subject-—por- traits, landscapes, flgure studles, river and harbor scenes, studies of picturesque architecture, still life, even genre. Ten or more varieties of prints are shown, bromides, car- bons, chlorides, gum bichromates, etc., which have given the artists wide scope in the selection of the finish best adapted to interpret each in- dividual subject. Unless one gives each print the closest inspection it is difficult at times to realize that one 18 not looking at a charcoal sketch, an etching, a silver point or some other tyve of original print. Many of the photographs are admir- ably composed, certain landscapes re- calling to mind the works of masters of landscape painting, such as ‘“The Mill Pool,” by W. J. Roberts, which might very well be a reproduction of a painting by Inness. Not the least successful are the still life studies, wherein such simple ar- rangements as pieces of clear glass reflecting the light, with plants and ornaments of polished wood, become things of beauty, with their various textures and surfaces well brought out. ‘The exhibition will be on view until December 31. EEE EWS has been received in Wash- ington of the recent award of a medal in sculpture to Mrs. George Oakley Totten (Vicken Von Post) for work shown in the Swedish-American exhibition now in progress. Mrs. Tot- ten has also lately received the com- misston for a statue of Jenny Lind, to be erected in New York, * ok ok ok fAl"’l’{.()POS of the exhibition of the “Persian Hunting Carpet” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art last week, there is now to be seen at Gordon Dunthorne’s Gallery a choice small collection of Persian minfatures, some very rare and beautiful Indo-Persian specimens of the sixteenth century. The exhibition of a group of etch ings and prints in other mediums ot “TRAILING QUAIL,” A WATER COLOR BY F. M. LAMB. 4 ships which opened in these gallerfex last week will continue through the middle of the present week. Among the etchers well represented in this group is George C. Wales, who is well known*here, particularly in Army and Navy circles, iy RGOS Maplewood possesses the same ae- gree of resistance to abrasion as does marble, according to recent tests. s l THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent aceesslons at the Public Library and lsts of recommended rcading will appear in the column each Sunday. Philosophy and Religion. Arehibald, G. H: The Modern Sunday School. CXS-Ar25. Asbury, Herbert. Up From Method- ism.| DKME-Asl. Barrett, Sir W. F. Christian Science. CICH-B27 Barrington, E., pseud. of Asia. BZDZ-B27. Bill, A. C. Messages of life, Liberty and Happiness. CICH-B495m. Brilioth, Y. T. The Anglican Revival. DD45-B76. Brown, C. R. CK-B815wh. Clutton-Brock, _Arthur., Religion. BR-C628. Cole, L. W. Factors of Human Psy- chology. BI-C673f. Collins, Joseph The Doctor Looks at Love and Life. BPY-C696. Cutten, G. B. The Threat of Leisure. BMT-C98. Dorlodot, Henri de. Catholic . Thought. BS-D725E. Douglas, L. C. These Sayings of Mine. CGQH-D746t. Edland, Elizabeth. 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Halevy, Daniel. Vauban. 1924. E- V462h. w. Walt Fortescue. ‘Wellington. g Whitman. E-W594ba. First Eenmry Ruins Found Near Budapest Excavators have found some rulns on the site of the old town of Acquin- cum, near Budapest, Hungary, which appear to date from the first decade after Christ. ‘The ruins indicate that the Romans occupied and ruled this territory al- most a century earller than history now records. This discovery is con- sidered one of the greatest in a gen- eration. e Light and all radiations are now belleved to possess mass; or some- thing equivalent to it. REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS Another Volume on the Life of Grover Cleveland—New Novels by Zona Gale, Nalbor Bartley and Max Brand. IDA GILBERT MYERS. GROVER CLEVELA} As Buffalo Knew Him. By Charles 1. Ar mitage. Illustrated. Published by the Buffalo Evening News RESIDENTS, lke other men, are classed as strong and not strong. In the first class Grover Cleveland stands. No one ever questioned the co of thix man, and President. He allowed no doubts to gather as to his position on any important public question Determined, even obstinate, some say in his views and decisions, Grover Cleveland closely takes place with the natlonal administra of strength and power. It is profitable for Ameri cans to study their Presidents, sin these have responsibilities and « mands immeasurably greater than have any other persons whatsoever within the Republic. How they meet these, how they stand up under the endless tides of criticism —for every body criticizes the Presidents, minding the almost unbearable bur dens that they carry—how they com port themselves toward the muititu dinous demands of the country-—all this is subject for study that evel American should follow. irover Cleveland makes an excellent "theme for such study. And right here comes along a book of prime interest deal- inf with the years when this boy as a matter of fact, a President in the making, though he nor any one else suspected the tremendous per sonal things that were going on around him. This book covers the 27 years of Cleveland's life in Buf- falo. Coming on foot inte the town, headed for Cleveland, because it had a name llke his own, he stopped with relatives for a day or so, but stayed on for almost 30 years. And here 18 a brisk newspaper account of what happened to him day by day in the town of his adoption. Just like all the rest of the boys—a little stockler maybe, a little more reso- lute—but no different, after all Played and went fishing and grew, the same as the others did. Then he studled law in the somewhat casual but wholly effective fashion of the day: After a while he had a fee— $100. In the course of time he, as a citizen, began to look around the town. It needed things, like a good mayor to straighten up crooked mat- ters. It needed a pure water supbly and a brand of city politics a little less muddy, too, and S0 on in many of the interests of the town there needed a good deal of making over. Into all of these things Grover Cleve: land went along, with his growing law practice and a falr amount of an older_brand of play than Jjust fishing. Well, you know the rest of the story—the move to Albany as governor of the Empire State an te later_move into the White House, twice. The very definite usefulnes of this book is that it gives in graptic ways certain jmportant years in the lite of one of the strong Presidents in the e of C s m:wfl?n time avatlable. It stands as the author believes it to stand, o substantial contribution to American history, its projection a true servi to the American people. * kX ¥ JHT FINGERS. By Frank Lord. Ll(;rd‘fn.:a‘pohs. Bobbs-Merrill l,(;. . ) FINGERS, the story o !(:}“Aglp;“fler and her son, is dxflerfl;‘L That may account in part for ‘t e fascination of this new novel deal hmz with the criminal class :z.mtn‘t:;:s‘;\fiw‘r yws, but no! e :‘tgnkfl}fl(-d. the authof, has been in the past an assistant district attorney in New York, a deputy police commis- sloner in charge of the d.e“),f \lc bureau of the metropolis, and a pdr;v‘o commissioner. He has played I‘s part in Jalling law-breakers and ? getting them out of jail. He kn}m". the criminal uhnd his class as few s know them. .u'(';‘i‘:;: ';‘lngers is not a scientific dis- cussion of the treatment of prisoners, though in it the phflos_oph_v of life behind the bars and in the open breaks through the narrative, \\hlm{» sically stated, but with a bed rock of truth. Light Fingers is chock full ?f action as well as of boldly drawn characters. It is brim full of senti- ment, but not of sentimentality. To read it is to sympathize with the courageous, gay, debonnaire “Fingers Leaubeau. To read it is to under- stand more clearly the force 9! en(- vironment, the compelling power of circumstances and conditions. W ith- out exalting the criminal—great or small—Mr. Lord shows him a human being, not altogether different from others. There is an optimism n this new novel that pictures human beings as diftering in varying desrees of excellence, rather than in varying de- grees of ovil. Courage, a capacity for gratitude and love are shared with other human beings by those who have been stamped members of the criminal class. But not all criminals have these attributes, any more than they are possesséd by all those who have never darkened prison cells. Nor does Mr. Lord suggest that the world outside of jail is made ur;“u! criminals vho have not been caught. “}';%lq story of Fingers 18 told by her son, Sam, illegitimate, the result of & crime against a shoplifter. Sam’s boyhood 18 one of quick moves from one’ part of New York to another. made necessary by his mother’'s pro- fession. The {nevitable happens. Fingers is Jalled. Sam is fldop@d by @ farmer and his wife in the North- west. The tale shifts from life among millions to the storm-swept open spaces. When he returns to New York it is to aid his mother, again in prison. The alternatives which face him are the theft of sufficient money to win a pardon for his mother or to leave her behind the bars. “Light Fingers" is a novel of un- usual charm as well as virllity. Its literary style is unusual. It has the virtue of sharp contrasts. It has breadth. It stimulates. To say that this novel is decidedly worthwhile is to paint in pale words a story that merits high praise. G. G. L. * ok kox ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF BARRETT WENDELL. By his assistants. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. HIS book of essays is sourced in the admiration and affection that Barrett Wendell's assistants in his Harvard work felt for this great teacher, this distinguished man of letters, this well known writer. A very unusual tribute and a very tender one, it must séem to any one, for these devoted assoclates to pay their chief. Thirty years of close association, of friendly companion- ship, of inspiration, pass out from this book for the benefit of readers generally. So much for the fine pur- pose underlying the publication. Be- yond this, here is a group of essays on subjects that reading people will find to be interesting, useful, and so treshly projected as to waken a new zest for the matters brought forward here. Among the essays is one that lovers of Joseph Conrad will reach out for. Another one pralses Cer- vantes fi the scholar's point of yiew, ‘?‘M the plain reader's goint of view also. One discusses the never {hand are those , |appears to be able to see both sides. | with ‘both. Story of Screen Actor. of Kit Marlowe, though in of the present this poet's It weems but a mild thing, heinous as it wan in his own time. And there are ayelghed opinions about Dante and Chancer and the general spirit, the true wignificance, of medlevalism. | There are many other themes brought out most competently and authorita tively here. If [ were a teacher I'd it down first of all with “Barrett | Wendell-Teacher,” the opening essay of the volume Inspiration and example there, for the teacher. The hook throughout is as rich in sub- stance as it 1s fitting and tender In purpose. trreligior the light T WHICH WAY w York: Harcourt, 'OLLEGE education is nowadays, like about everything else, in the spotlight of condemnation. On the one who condemn the en- tire institution. These are on the out- side, natural On _the other hand are those who deny all the charges set against the college and substitute therefor long culogles in its behalf. These are on the inside. Percy Marks 1s on the Inside, too, since for 10 years he has taught in schools of college rank. But, cddly enough, this teacher He agrrees with both, up to a certain point, and frem that point disagrees Listen to one of his pre- mises in the discussion here set out “The fact is that not more than a quarter of tiie undergraduates in our American colleges have first-rate mindg, and not more than half of them are capable of recefving any real in- tellectual benefit from a college educa tion. The other half simply are not educable. What's more, my figures are generous.’ This statement, with- out doubt a fair one, gives a sample of this man's courage. The students and the teachers make the college, and in respect to the instructors he is no less outspoken than he is with the student body. To be sure, he passes ulty and trustees and college presi- dents and undergraduates and the rest of the mechanics of the college, but his stress is upon the students as such and upon the feacher as such. There is much that is good, much that is bad, much that is pure performance and nothing clse, and to all of it he gives the att:ntion that his intimate service in the college warrants and makes substariial. This critle draws wonderful picture of a few teachers —not many of them in the world— naming them in honor and affection. To all the rest he gives their fair due. This is a very competent survey of in observation and judgment upon fac- | | even acceptable, One can rave and maunder and g mad—but why? Let's have more “Miss Lulu Bett" instead. » * * registration for HER MOTHER'! Nalbor Bartley, and Judd,” ete. H. Doran Co I.\' substance this novel is com parative study in temperament Carried out In the spirit of the inv tigator, the story hears none of the heaviness of formal research. Instead it moves smoothly and interestingly along the current of American soclal life, using this as its chief means of development. The theme is that of a mother and daughter, as alike as two peas at heart, but as superficially dif ferent as hard work on the one hand and complete induigence on the other can serve to make them. It is a con mon situation. Indeed, America is littered with spolled children whose parents, themselves having succeeded under the most prolonged and strenu ous striving, devote their means and their time to the ruination of their oftspring. In this case the mother come to this country from Switzer land, shows an aptitude for money making and power that, in time brings wealth and position and influ ence. The daughter becomes the ob- Ject of lavish care, as these daughters do. But these caretaking mothers do not live forever and the real point of the story arrives when the girl find herself just a woman in the world and not a fairy princess. A true back ground is here portrayed with feeling and skill. Against it flesh and blood people are projected in a finely eym pathetic imagination. The whole is modern fn fact and implication, por traying in good drama a real and very important phase of American life. 3 * ok o ow THE SACRED GIRAFFE. Being the Second Volume of the Posthumous Works of Julio Arceval. Edited by Salvador de Madariaga, author of “The Genlus of Spain,” etc. New York: Harper & Brothers. BOOK_of clever foolerles, based upon the gravely conclusive find- ings of modern clence and its derived learning. A 1unning jump of 5,000 years into the future provides the author with a revealing backward perspective trrough which he looks upon our present in tolerant and pa tient mood. Within this long stretch of time history has been at its old business of repeating itself, for the white race has completely disap- peared to make way for the blacks. Europe has followed the trail of the anclent Atlantis to the bottom of the ocean. All that remains of us is found DAUGHTER. R author of “Judi New York: George the situation. It is a broad attitude toward the college, “Machinery just meant to give thy soul its bent,” and could anythinsz be more beautiful than that? And the whole helpful discus. sion? No, the two sides will stand off denying each other—in 1.000 years, mayhe! * PREFACE TO A LIFE. By Zona _ Gale, author of “Miss Lulu Bett,” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. THH superficial layer of Zona Gale's new novel presents the life of the small Wisconsin town with which this author is in such close touch and which she portrays adroitly and delicately. Here are the common peo- ple that have taken on certain shap- ings in thought and attitude out of the prairie life of their. immediate en- vironment. Here are the villagers whom we all know, just a shade differ- ent from those worked upon by the contacts of the East or the Far West. And with these in their various occu- pations Miss Gale constructs the drama of average life—courting, marrying, having children, raising the family, dying now and then, and so on—all as real and touching as are our own affairs iA the hamlet where we live. But the underside 6f this story is something different, some- thing really that cannot be reached in any adequate manner, not even by this capable and waywise author. The center of this story is Bernard Mead, It is you or I, or any one, who lets himself become entangled in the truth that “nothing is enough.” No, noth- ing—not love. not business, not friends, not public affairs, Nothing is enough to satisfy those swift, fugl- tive glimpses of something imme: urably more. Nothing enough to pay for the lost reaches out into fleeting intuitions of other personal powers. of other beckoning worlds. Committed to such thoughts, to such dreams, to such outreachings the Bernard Mead of this situation steps out of his own familiar mind into one that is alien to his home and surroundins, alien to the larger part of himself even. Not convincing, of course not. It can't be done because the life to which this * ok % experience is a ‘“‘preface” is too far over on the other side of what we all reality to make any sat| @ The destruction of States’ Rights, through strife of national party politics, is a matter of grave present interest and future conse- quence. By the great constitutional authority— JAMES M. BECK from your bookseller $1.50 DORAN BOOKS BOUNTY of EARTH By DONALD and LOUISE PEATTIE A story for nature 4 lovers JAs charming a book as there has been in a long time. A real deco- on to the lit- erature _of the year. The story .of a young couple who leave the city to start life afresh in a coun- try home. Tilustrated. This is an Appleton Book. $2.00 D. 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