Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1927, Page 16

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS 1927—PART 2. REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS A New Volume on Christianity by a French professo!;;T]ae DECEMBER 25, A FAMOUS MADONNA ‘Artists Who Have Beautifully Memoralized the Nativity. The People’s Institution of Chicago. : Exhibitions in Washington. .~ BY LEILA MECHLIN. HO will read art notes on Christmas morning? But it is the artists who have most beautifully ~memo- rialized the nativity of our Tord which on this day we are cele. brating. There was no theme which the early Italian painters so loved, and none which they depicted more feelingly, more exqu ely. Who has visited Florence and has not stood in reverent admiration be- fore Ghirlandajo’s quaint and ex- quisite picture of the nativity, with its interesting landscape background, its long procession of reverent wor- shipers? How long this early painter must have labored over the painting of this picture; how he must have studied every detail, how lovingly it is rendered! Many years later Cor- reggio painted his now famous picture of the nativity, the Christ Child in the cavelike stable radiating holy light. And think of the countless madonnas that were painted by those of the primitive school in Italy, in Holland, in Belgium, in Ger , in every ich Christianity had spread. re, many times they were pictures of cotemporary, most often peasant women, but they stood for universal motherhood, they commem- orated the coming ot the Christ Child. Nor were such representations lim- ited to the field of painting. The sub. ject was dear to the hearts of the sculptors of the same era. What, indeed, are on the facade of the foundiing insti- tute of Florence but a representation of the little Child born in Bethlehem, wrapped in swaddling clothes, laid in a manger? Even better than the painters of his time, Della Robbia pre- sented this great event, an event which every time we date a letter today we personally, though uncon- aciously, commemcrate. Della Rob- bia's madonnas in faience are beau- tifully modeled, are exceedingly spir- itual, and at the same time intensely human. The infants of his placques are not as those of many of the paint- ings of that day, a bit misshapen, not always childish or lovely, but as near as the sculptor was able he presented to us for all time a holy and beauti- ful child, the supreme type of inno- cency, of infancy. How beautiful and universally be- loved are Raphael's Madonnas, the magnificent Sistine Madonna of Dresden, the much-copied Madonna of the Chair in Florence: how even more spiritual, more uplifting are the Ma- donnas of Botticelll, Surely in inter- preting this theme these painters rose o their greatest height. There have been painters since who have essayed the same subject, but comparatively few have produced works of supreme importance, works in which great art has found expres- sion through naive simplicity. Per- haps the reason is that there is little or no naive simplicity left in the Della Robia’s bambinos | model these great sculptors will here- after be real personalities. It is a de- lightful and a very artistic work. EEE PROBARL\' the best greeting cards that have been placed on sale in this city this Christmas season have been of English design and make. Some of these have been really ex- quisite, conforming in a measure to the illuminations of the past but maintaining an_essentially modern spirit. Others have been reproduc- tions of water colors by an extremely lented English artist, Margaret arrant, 1t is interesting to know that our own American_ artists, however, have not been neglectful of this opportunity. At the Art Alliance th New York an exhibition and salé of greeting cards has been held. This is the third of the sort and is said to definitely prove that there is an increasing demand for Christmas cards which combine good design with appropriate senti- ments. Among the artists whose work was represented in this exhibi- tion were Rockwell Kent, Thomas Handforth, J. J. Lankes, Dorothy athrop, Richard Lahey, Margaret Manuel and others. What is more, it is reported that the manufacturers of Christmas greeting cards are increas- ingly making application to artists of talent to supply suitable designs. A | beautiful card has been designed by Needa D'Ascenzo of Philadelphia for distribution this season. | R 'HE American Academy in Rome announces its annual competi- tion for fellowships in architecture, painting, sculpture, musical composi- tion and classical studies for the en- suing year. The fellowships in the fine arts are open to unmarried men not over 30 years of age who are citizens of the United States; in classl- cal studies they are open to unmar- ried citizens, men or women. X Besides the regular fellowships, sev- eral additional fellowships will be awarded this year. In architecture the Katherine Edwards Gordon fel- lowship is to be awarded, a fellowship recently endowed by the late George | B. Gordon and Mrs. Gordon of Pitts- burgh, in memory of their daughter; in painting a fellowship is provided by the Jacob H. Lazarus Fund of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, estab- lished by Mrs. Amelia B. Lazarus and Miss Emilie Lazarus, and in sculpture a fellowship supported by the Parrish Art Museum Fund is offered. Fortunately, the academy has been able to increase the stipend to fellow- ship holders to $1,500 a year and also to grant an allowance of $500 for travel. Residence and studio are pro- vided free of charge at the academy, and the total estimated value of each fellowship is about $2,500. The Grand Central Art Galleries of New York will present free member- ship in the galleries to the painter and sculptor who win the Rome prize and fulfill the obligations of the fellowship. ‘world; perhaps our own times are not congenial for such expression. How unfortunate if this is so. And yet every now and then there comes from the jostling crowd an artist so great that he is enabled amid the tumult of modern life to attain within himself that calm from which great art springs. John La Farge's painting of the Ascension over the altar in the Church of the Ascension, New York, is comparable with the greatest re- liglous paintings of the Old World. Some of our designers of stained glass today are following in his footsteps. The church at the time of Ghirlan- @ajo, Correggio, Raphael, not only fostered art but gave the painters op- portunity for expression, and genius responded, as it always will, not merely to demand, but to the fulfill- ment of the faith of the people. Doubtless such genius is to be found today among our young men and young womeh, and to the call when it comes they too will respond with equal fervor. The Christmas theme is one which will never grow old; it has a meaning for all time and for all people. *x %% Tflz Art Institute of Chicago 1s essentlally a people’s institution. ‘Therein many organizations hold their meetings; through its doors pass all sorts and conditions of men, women and children. It is for the service of the people of Chicago, and they are made welcome. Especially is this welcome extended to the children, for ‘whose benefit at this particular time a Christmas exhibition is being held. This exhibition is set forth in the children’s room and comprises a va- rlety of paintings, drawings and sculp- tures relating to the Nativity. And (wonder of wonders) all done by chil- dren of the juvenile department of the institute’s Baturday school. It is said that one of the most striking and beautiful pleces done by the children of the high school grade is an imitation stained glass window which has been installed on the east wall. It is made of parchment, with the large center panel showing the Holy Famiy, and with 15 square panels showing scenes relating to the Ni It is boxzed in, with light making the rich ning through, rolor of the parchment appear quite like stalned glase Yesteréay afterncon sbout 70 chil- dren mang Christmas carols at ‘he head of the grand staircame at the At Institute. These childre re inder the direction of Felix Barowek! of the Civic Muric Assoclation of Chi- wago, and were gathered from the yarious schools and field centers of that city. Thus it will be seen that the Art Institute of Chicago hus con- aributed 1o the children's celebration of Christum D L’JRAD’) TA¥T, the member of National Art Commision and adviser in the ds- pertment of sculpture 8t the Corcoran ool of Art, Las Jately presented 10 the Chilaren's weum of the Art In #titute of his home Chicago, & brautiful snd unigue model represent- lug & seene in ¥lorence in the early Bfieentn century, u scene closely re- Juted 1o the art of the period, 1o the welopment of the it of sculptur W houncement hus boen mude that Iwew set of bronze dos or- dered Tor the § ST 0Y B0 e plague, 1he per of the gratituae of U fore Andren Visano's were put in e Yer, & group of Itslian sculplors is wathered, each proyoving 1 enter the s petition the old Goore with 1 more W At the resr of b wlande 1he bupliety the Piruno ana, b Jyindeled, before thim in wp tudes are Glibeno, B Donatelln snd Jucwps della Quercla, wach tiuly represcnted wecording 1o Diwtorical res prrsonsl. epirited W give further vividness the wcene Mr, Taft dniroduced Jittle Arama o ful prasant WOl wur and u it fguere woonie Bnd ul Lie mon stie, ‘The hgures worb, 1he whole like a scene from the theuter, snd one iy venture 1he con yiligh W Uik wie ses Liis Jitle ulptor, & our of Ao, which ’ Tatt's mode) Auurwiay with ifully ied wtti o deweh s or 10 it a6 Wi 1utun 1y natutal Ve very dra wre In_colorful ‘| whose In architecture graduates of accred- HONOR OF THE SCHOOL OF SYLVANIA MUSEUM. MR l”l'f\\“‘ FAME AS A D! GL ited mehools will be required to have | had architectural office experlence of #ix months, and men who are not grad | untes of wuch schools may enter the | competition if they have had at least | four years of architectural office expe rlenci und are highly recommended by |8 fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Entries for all competitions will be | recelvea until March 1. Circulars of |information and applieation blanks lmiy be secured by addressing Roncoe | Guernsey, executive secretary, Amert {ean Acudemy in Home, 101 Park ave- ew York Clty, R IHE kold medsl of honor offered | this yenr for the first time by the | Bchool of Industrial Art of the Penn | wylvania Museum of Philadelphin has been presented 1o Nicols 1)Ascenz who hos won international fame us o Qerlgner and muker of stuined gluss Mr. 1y Ascenzo recently did ull of the | windows for the Washington Memo | Chnpel nt Valley now working on o large memoral win duw for the new Princeton University Chupel. Among his other recent works wre windows for 51, Thomas' Church, w Yok icola 1FAscenzo cume 1o the United Htates from Italy ss sn lmm! wrant when u itle lad of 11 years of [age. Ho stuaied at e Bchoal ot In Austrial Art, Fhilutelphis, in 1899 and 1900 After completing his education | he workea uw u decorator in New York {for shout Len y L] The mudul glven Mr. 17 ARcenso was Aewigned by John W Sinnock, chief medallst of the United Btutes Mint deslgn wos chosen after 86 |artiste had submitted designe for th proposed medal Inoa competition last | Bpring e N tnteresting group of etchings by | cotemporary Fiench, English and Americun etchers I8 now on view at e Lunthgine Gullerien, Ajguns the B T . most interesting of the French is one entitled, “Dans les Cendres,” by Bes- nard, an extremely appealing flgure of a woman gaszing into an unseen fire, showing an unusual play of light and shade. Among the English works are two very attractive etchings of London by v.” Walcot—"Plccadilly Circus” and ‘St. Martin's in the Flelds"—a charm- ing example of the work of Eileen Soper, “Cricket,” and an exquisite ex- ample of the work of Sir Frank Short, “The New Moon.” There are also ex- amples of works by D. Y. Cameron, James McBey, Seymour Haden and our dwn Whistler and Joseph Pennell, men who are essentially the “old masters” ot our own day and whose works are no longer obtainable as they once were for a song. In the American group are new etch- ings by Frank W. Benson, “The Long Journey” and “Two Canoes,” both sport subjects—two new architectural thems “Rocamadour” and Michel, Pont 'Eveque,” by John Tay- lor Arms, the former having lately won a prize at the Brooklyn Soclety of Etchers' annual exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Thomas Hand. forth is represented by his well known “Three Ducks”; Rosenburg, whose work has lately come into prominence and esteem, by “The Great Bazaar"” and “Houses of Phanar”; 8. Cham- berlain and P. Kappel, who are both destined, undoubtedly, for high rank, by characteristic subjects. Benson Moore's “White Herons at Home" is included a.d at a ridiculously small price. Here is an excellent opportunity for Investing Christmas gift money in a way that will bring large reward in pleasure and not infrequently in in- creased values, but let the pleasure always come first. P ALFRED HUTTY of Woodstock, N. Y., and Charleston, 8. C., is ex- hibiting etchings and lithographs im California and in the east. One col- lection was shown recently in San Francisco and {s now in Oakland, Calit.; the other, after being shown at Princeton under the auspices of the Present Day Club, passed on to the Print Club, Philadelphia, where it is now on view. * R ox ok MARGARET FITZHUGH BROWN, who is well known in Washing- ton, is holding an exhibition of recent paintings at the Babcock ‘Galleries, New York, a number of these made last Spring in Spain at the time that she painted the portrait of the Span- ish King. EE ON the evening of December 27, at the Arts Club, 2017 I street, Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Mose will be the guests of honor and Mr. Mose will give a talk on_sculpture. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Heidel will be the hosts of the evening. Mr. Mose, it will be remembered, has recently come to PHIA, WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL OF NDUSTRIAL ART OF THE PENN. CENZO HAS WON INTERNA- R AND MAKER OF STAINED Washington to take chari of the cluss in sculpture at the Corcoran Kchool of Art. He was formerly one of Lorado Taft's puplls, On the evening of December 20, with “omdr. Frederic 'W. Houthworth as Mr. Partridge of this city will an Mustrated talk on “What Is Architecture?” e MMI’J, EDGERLY - KORZYBBKA, the well known miniature painter, has lutely held an exhibition of por- traits on fvory at the galleries of Marle Hterner in New York City, Included among the paintings shown were por- trait of Mru, Jdward McLean and children, of Mrs. John Hays Hammond wnd her daughter, Mins Natalle Ha mond; Mr. and Mrs, Breckinridge Long with Tiny; Mrs. Joseph Leiter, with Joseph, Tom and Nuncy; bestden por- traits of other well known Wanshing- tontans, LR DELAIDE CLARISBA BAKER of Cleveland, Ohlo, and Washing- ton, 1s holding an exhibition of oil puintings ond butiks at the Alnslle Galleries, New York, in which at the same time Miss Marian Maclntosh, who s well known here, In showing a collection of her puintings of the coant of Malne, the Basque country and of the west of Ireland. CR r"lilll.'llll typographical ervor the andress of the Pyne-Welles Bhop, where an exhibition of water colors by Col. Donne « nd Is now bhelng hown, was | 1y wiven In these olumnm last week as 1728 Connectl: Ut avenue tnstead of 1748 M atreet, LR 1N NATALIE HAMMOND, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J Hays Hammond of this city, will hola an exhibition of drawingw, costums de. wigns and wtage seln at the Dunthorne Snliggion Uun week, vpenlng Tueydpy the THIS MADONNA AND CHILD, MUSEUM, FLOREN Roads Realize Importance of Traffic—Action BY JOSEPH A. FOX. The railroads of the country have roached the definite conclusion that the use of motorized equipment has become a permanent and highly im- portant factor in transportation and one which must inevitably be taken into consideration when their future development is studied. This, in brief, is the underlying rea- son for the action of the American Railway Assoclation in laying plans recently announced, for the formation of a motor transport division, which will formajly be brought into exist- ence at a meeting in Chicago in Jan- uary. The association not only includes all the great seystems of the United States, but also extends into Canada, Cuba and Mexico, and from the find- ings of the division, which will under- take a thorough study of the many ramifications of eperation of motorized equipment in co-ordination with steam lines, is expected to come definite poli- cles which will in great measure shape the conduct of this phase of transpor- tation in the four countries. 16 Months' Study. Actual steps to set up this new branch of the association comes after 16 months' study, culminating in a movement that had its start in Au- gust, 1926, At that time representa- tives of approximately G0 rail lines, either operating motor equipment or interested in this new departure, got together for the purpose of providing a means for the interchange of views on this subject and organized what is known as the Railroad Motor Trans- port Conference. Since that time motorized equip- ment actually has been placed in oper- ation on about 60 systems, which em- ploy theso conveyances either for aux- illary service along their main lines or over independent routes where they are valuable as “feeders.” Primarily, where motor service is in vogue, it is used for passenger traffic —and, of course, mail and baggage. To what extent it will be branched out to take in generally freight also, is considered problematical by those well advised. One branch of the assocla- tion will, however, study this very question from every angle. There will be two other similar ave- nues of research pursued also. One of these will deal with the application of the motor bus for use by steam rail- ways as passenger carriers and the other the application of the rail motor car, particularly on lines whete toaffic {s not sufficlent to warrant. op- eration of passenger trains. A Recent Addition. The rafl motor car—as the name fmplien, & form of conveyance adapted for use on railw—is a comparatively recent nddition to transportation, and in operated either by gus or electric. ity. 1t is now reported to be finding favor in many wect of the coun try, since tho New York, New Haven & Hartford ploneercd in’ its usage us a post-war meanure. Incidentally, the rail motor car has proven u lifenaver AP usscll, 0 vice president of the New Haven, who 1% head of the New Eng- land ‘Transportation Co., the operat- ing concern for the New Haven's mo zod lnew, and who I8 temporary an of the general committee will_organize the new moto ansport division of the Amerlcan Rallway Awsociation. The conditions which brought about thelr use on his rond, he says, huve been paralleled on other lines where they have heen brought into mervice, and when here recently, he outlined thewe as illustrative of o situation that hus brought. them more and more into general use. vate car ownorship pendent bus operation had such an extent after the war that the Noew lHaven, due to opérating costs and lessened trame, could no lon compete with the two in wouthern New England, Mr, Russoll explained. Under the elrsumntances, the road de clded to glve the rall motor cars o tryout, with results thut are described s highly satisfactor Vital Auxillary, Not only have they werved as able substituten for the regular passenyer tratnm on Hnew which, 1t in sald, would otherwise have faced abandonmont hut they also have flled an tmportan position aw auxiliarios for the regular train werv On_main lines thess cars have heen and inde- grown to afternocon with a private view, Miss Fammond s apending the Winter in Now York, studylng at the Master In stitute of United Arvts, of which (he Humslan Niok teh s honor e ary president ool wpechalizon in the theater arts and atitution, Althoush Miss Hamn work han been seen by her frienda this will be her first publio whowiig apd It e wutiglpated with intereat, WHICH IS IN THE NATIONAL IS ATTRIBUTED TO DELLA ROBBIA. MOTOR TRANSPORT DIVISION TO BE FORMED BY RAILWAYS and Value of That Branch Follows 16 Months of Study. used as “locals’’—that is, supplanting those trains which stop at every sta- tlon. Like the busses, they have also been brought into use in territory not hitherto traversed by rallroads. The experlence in their use by the New Haven has been duplicated on the other roads where they have been used, according to Russell, who ampli- fles that the growing interest in them is attested to by the numerous re- quests he receives for data as to their operation. The roads, he says, are enabled to furnish service as satisfactory as that given by the regular passenger trains, and, of course, the lowered operating cost solves the question of revenues. Thus far the rallroads have operated their motor lines without any tion, 8o far as interstate traffic is con- cerned, but this question is due for a thorough alring at the present session of Congress, spurred on by hearings which the Interstate Commerce Com- miston will launch January 16, follow- ing exhaustive investigation in the field. The rallroads themselves ex- pect that eventually there will be legislation regulating the operation of the motor lines as thoroughly as that of the steam lines now is covered. Leglslative Group. In anticlpation of this, and due to the fact also that intrastate operation of motor equipment is subject to the laws of States and municipalities tra- versed, the fourth branch of the motor transport division will be that on leg- islation. The personnel of the committee which will perfect the formal organi- zation of the new division s indica- tive of the wide interest taken in the movement, 10 roads, taking in all sec- tions of the country, being actively represented. In addition to Mr. Russell, the mem- bers are: J. G. DI of the Missour! Pacific 3 passenger trafic manager, Boston & Maine; A. Hatton, general superin. tendent of transportation, Canad Pacific; C. S. Lake, special assistant to the president, Chesapeake & Ohlo; sistant vice pres Van Doren, v president and general counsel, Chl cago & Northwestern; T. B. Wilson, supervisor of transportation, South. ern Pacific, and G. C. Woodruff, as- sistant freight trafic manager, New York Central. 0l1d Mission Site Now Subdivision On the helghts east of Manila is an old Franciscan estate with an early seventeenth century church on it, and down In & vale the ruins of a chapel— tho holy edifice and the ruin alike memorable of a forgotten age, when Spaln under Philip IT attempted to ovangelizo the world, The church, which, of course, hax a monastery at- ed to ft, was the sanctuary whence Francisean missionaries ‘Wwent to Japan, China, Cochinchina, Cambodia, India, Java, the Moluccas and oth parts. Back of the altar was a c in which the friars knelt and endy voluntary bleeding in order to be mteeled Against tortures in heathen lands and to restat the temptation un. dor physieal pain to apostatize them wolves, ‘The “via crucls’—for prayer and ponitence—began in the mo tery courtyard and ended at chapel, a distance equal to that which Christ walked from Pllate’s palace In Jerusalom to Mount Calvary. An Amerfoan has acquired this old estate and lald §t out In suburban home sitor which prosperous Filipinos are eager Iy buying. The chapel and church are carefully proserved. Barbers in Mmlri;l . Energetic Worke Barbers are among the hardest working people In Hpain, 1n Madrid they work nine hours on week daye and four hours on Bundays for wages which range from about §6 to §9 Hmall tps and 16 per cent on recelpts from individual work add womewhat to thelr Incomes. They have a weokly half hollday, but their anly full b they work an hou (0 make up for this, Yot the barbe are happy And appear prosperous. They are ally keen on com: munity enta and organiee splondid duncos, with spoctal it night lanches, ' besldes — ovo yourling bullights, which are [orally vemarkable for the numb eotitors, whiy lony (he ring Without warning and have | 10 be romaved out of danger by frce. 1'Phin year there were &4 of (heso 'papontanovs,” First Assistant Postmaster General Writes a IDA GILBERT MYERS. CHRISTIANITY PAST AND PRES- ENT. By Charles Guignebert, pro- fessor of the history of Christian- ity, University of Paris. New York: The Macmillan Co. RITICAL study of the New Testament has occupled this author at the Sorbonne for the last 20 years. It is out of such study that “Christianity Past and Present” has emerged for the use of the general reader. Do not pass this book by through the fear that it 1s a discussion of our re- liglon as such. It is not. The con- tent of the Christian religion—its form, or forms, of belief, its dogmas, its creeds, its rituals, do not enter as a part of this examination. Rather 18 this an Investigation of the history of Christianity by a scholar trained in gelentific modes of research. The au- thor's aim 18, therefore, to account for and to describe the beginnings of the Christlan religion, to trace the suc- cessive modifications sustained by it under the influence of general changes in the lifo of the world itself, and to describe the final destruction of those articles of faith known to us under the name of dogmas. Here is a con- creta study of the life of one particu- 1ar religion, our own. It is concerned, exclusively, with facts, with what these facts mean, with the results that follow in their train, with the connections that they in their course make. One of the chief points of the work is to show that religion, like any other organism, undergoes proc- esses of change in adapting itself to changed environments of time and outlook and aspiration. Upon exactly the rational basis that marks every other subject of historlcal Investiga- tion this author examines into the rise and growth of the Christian re- liglon. He shows that as in other living organisms this one also eliml- nates worn-out parts taking live ma- terlal into its being assimilating it there for healthy powers and uses. In addition to such plain and reasonable treatment this study is projected in a manner of great simplicity and charm. Once engaged in the study of this book the reader will abandon it only for the moment and under the pres- sure of work that must be done. It is flluminating. It is reasonable. It is based upon every known means of verification that scholarship has thus far been able to find. All in all, it is a book worth every thoughtful man’s study, from its beginnings in the rise of the Christfan religion on through its aspects in the Middle Ages, and on to the present in a criti- cal examination of its outstanding characteristics and significances. * kK x FOLKS 18 FOLKS. By John Henry Bartlett, author of “Spice for Speeches.” New York: M. A. Donohue & Co. 'OHN HENRY BARTLETT, former Governor of New Hampshire, for- mer president United States Civil Serv- fce Commission, now First Assistant Postmaster _General, is clearly in “Folks Is Folks’ taking a day off from officlal duties and dignities to splash and spatter around in the pools. of early recollections that cen- ter about a New England boyhood and youth. You may never have lived in rural New Hampshire. But if you have lived in the country or the small community of any part of the United States you recall certain men or wom- en whom you from your urban height smilingly mention "as ‘characters.” rough products of the sofl that remain unchanged, no matter what the new fashion in humans may successively be. You recall certain sturdy atu- tudes of mind and body, certain fla- vors of vernacular that have a spicy charm notwithstanding thelr lack of conformity to the moderns. In “Folks Is Folks” Mr. Bartlett has recalled just these characters, just these ways and customs that were a part of his own boyhood up mnorth. Mr. Ford, you remember, has heen up through New England collecting old furni- ture, old inns and such like. So here Mr. Bartlett has been collecting per- conalities and customs for the sake of keeping them wholesomely fresh in the minds of all of us. A bit of a preacher as well as collector, this man of Puritan ancestry. So, no matter what his theme, the sermon done, he adds the precept for admonition. For instance, in a little discourse upon the passion of lying that peoplo talking about the weather, adds in conclusion and in the b letters that the modest page size can hold: “Avold exaggeration.” This is perhaps the best place to say that in the matter of type Mr. Bartlett him- self in a prince of exaggerators. For his pages yell right out loud to every passer-by in the stentorian tones of many capitals. Indeed, this is the only bar to a thorough enjoyment of this sum of good humor, good in- sight and worth-while intent. So un- usual is the face of each page that for a second it loses its likeness to the famillar printed page of every one's experience. This pecullarity overcome, the reader finds good en- ment In these pictures of early “town-meeting" days, of the husking beo with its occasional “read ear and the reward to ita finder, of the “sugar- ing-oft"* days, of country courting— not so different, T take (t—of the re- liglous man who was “poorer'n Job's turkey,” and 8o on and so on, through a program that is familiar to many of us and to such {s a thoroughly en- Joyable program. R o THE HAPPY PILGRIMA By Corra cls, author of “As & Woman Thinks,” ete. Ilustrated. Hoston: Houghton, Mifiin Co. I IKE every other ascent, the uplift < of Christmas is bound to be fol. lowed by somo sort and degree of com ing down. When the depression be- kinw to sot in, read “The Happy P'il- krimage” of Corra Harris, If You have not alteady done so. - In’ either case, plan an - adventure of your own WVithin the Hinew of possibiiity make it as much lko hers as you can. 1f, however, you do not take tho same route, and you will not do that, you may, 1€ you are among the lucky ones of the world, take it in the same spirit an that which sent this woman out e v astonish lofng around the world.” he ments. declared. No, high hopes sayly around the world, As matter of fact only out to the Pactfio.coast, Hut the world itself, fn poople, in fresh out farings of the heart and mind, (n new triendships, in changed dvifts of thought, In everything that “change" mnotes, spread generously to this vobust and gallant adventurer, 1t s the courage of the woman that win the heatt to her, 1t i3 her unconguer able spirlt that lifts mine and yours, A wenfus of literatuve? 1 don't know. 1 don't know what that means, nor doow My fgnorance at this point great: v troublo me, Hove haw been a good Aght and & long one. Heve has been an eavned roward, Heve i wtlll an unoonquered human being. Splendid, 1oenll t ‘Ponto, stimulating and e endously gy This at the end Now 1t {w Ootober again- some wind Blowing, bright tdes of Adtumn leaves vising agalust the sky, last Mowers Blooming. And P've spent the whole year 1 bed wyiting these vevallections Of last vear (he happlest year of my Hfe. Yot | am ot vontent, So 1 long for tho farther ends of that happy plgvinage whivch 1 @it nat voroh. Not subinisaive yet to lle upon my shield, 10 may be that the soul of e feeln (he approaching vhanke, Hke A homing Wivd whose wings (remb for flght, Bt fur me there B no o |ously with fancy, wove the pattern of | Book—New Fiction. pendence to be put on such premoni- tlons. T have had them all my life. I would rather hold back now and cling all my promised Jands.” P DWELLERS IN THE JUNGLE. Lieut. Col. Gordon Casserly. lustr: by Warwick Reynold w-York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 'HERE is more than mere pugges- tion of the Kipling spirit and man- ner in these jungle tales by Col. Cas- serly. Long personal acquaintance with the life of the East Indian jungle has bred in the author understanding and friendship. Sheer wonder, too, at the likeness in more than one direc- tion between its creatures and the human animal himself. Along with such keen interest, driving it into the open of general appreciation and en- joyment, is tie gift of words. Here is the Kipling touch again. With such two-fold power the author constructs many a drama of jungle life. Here, first one, then another, takes leading role in the general business of win- ning the dally food supply, in a field where competition is sharp and flerce, much as it s in modern industry. Here is the drama of raising the fam- ily, of warding off foes, of teaching the little ones the long ritual of safety —now sheer cunning and craft, now open warfare. Glorious battles are stazed here, the reader as violently partisan as any onlooker of Tunney and Dempsey, with much more rcason for interest, since these are wars of necessity bent upon self-defense and continued existence, whereas the other is but vicarious indulgence in rather thinned out heroics. Particularly good 1s the setting of each of these tales. Col. Casserly has taken pains with his atmospheres, with the feeling of the situation out of which each episode in the economy of jungle life springs and grows to its exciting conclusion. “My Lord. the Elephant"—to quote a Nursery Rhymee. o Tilustrated by Lois Lenski, York: Harper & Brothers. outdo Moses at this business by trav-| BARBARA WINTHROP, 6 ATE. thor Boarding Bchool,’ By Halen K. Broug, of “Barbara Winthr Lin by Eilzabeth R. Withington, ton: L. C. Page & THE FIFTH GLAD BOOK--P( ANNA'S DEBT OF HONOF Harriet Lummis Smit “Poli soms,” ete. ton Co. MRS, FAMILY. of the Orange Tilustrated by H Boston: L. lyanna Taylor. CHATTERBOX By Louise Illustrated by Decie Merv York: The Macm!ilan C: RECITATIONS CHILDRE FOR N: Complied and by Grace Galge, editor of tions Ol Girls.” Co. CHILDREN'S PLAYS. and_New for Bo New York: D, Apple THEATRES Constance By Mackay, umphant,” etc, pleton & Co. SEA LEGS. By Alfred author of “The C. pocampus. C. Townley. ton Tliust New ¥ & Co. THE WONDERFUL GIFT. McKinney Edwarda. Il Dorothy Rittenhouse Mo ton: The Four Seas Co. Recent accessions at the brary and lists of reco ing will appear in th Sunday. Travel. matchless Kipling title and story—is | Grey, J. R. and B. B. here drawing out sharp human admi- tiers. G17-G86: ration, as he always does. The blood- | Meier-Graefe, Juli brother of man, the monkey, comports Journey. G40-M4T himself:in his usual human fashion. | Noel J. B. L. The S G6913-N65s. tiful story stepping out from a tense | Rimington, F. C. Central Europe. “The Warden of the Ford” is a beau- devotion to the law of the jungle. But all of these stories are of the same | Vincent. E. R. Italians. good quality—life, adventure, the feel- ing of far places, the kinship of man to these other animals. It is all here in a stirring and valuable set of jungle tales. ko x THE ROMANTICK LADY: The Story of an Imagination. Vivian Burnett. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. WE smile nowadays, a shade supe- “Little Lord Fauntleroy” fashion in boys set up by the beloved Washing- ton novelist of 2 few years ago, Frances Hodgson Burnett. As mat- ter of fact, nothing wa. wrong with the little “lord,” so gallant and guy and lovable. The trouble was that it took more than the curis and wide white collar and velvet gear to be- stow upon an army of male children the ideal charm of boyhood that this author gave to the little boy of her creation. But mothers all over the country couldn’t know that. So they rigged their boy bables up in this at-| tractive garb, expecting theam to live up to it. And the boys struck. It was 100 much for young human na- ture to stand. So In partial recogni- tion of their own defeat the elders to- day smile at the overdrawn picture of the little lord. Fine lttle fellow, nev- ertheless, though one can't find it in his heart to blame the boys for their hearty and unanimous rebeliion against him. Reading here Vivian Burnett's story of his mother, one finds that the life of this novelist was | from the beginning the fortunate ex- istence of a long and sustained make- belleve. Along her way fairies and | all good spirits lent a hand to make the days softer and miore beautiful | stretches of tine than they reall; were. Letters and diaries and per- Life sonal recollections of the early life| Barrington. E., pseud. T Fuln handed over straight to the son con- tribute to the unanimous evidence that always was this writer flving away on the wings of fancy. Ims -ination was the wa-p of her existence. Upon this threads of actuality, mixed gener- her storfes and of her life as well. A | most interesting part of this unusual | biography goes back to the childhood of Mrs. Burnett, w! 're innumerable | S incidents serve to show that here was a born story-teller, living a different lifo from those around her, inventing. ink. making believe, to the very days of her popularity as a nov- elist. A beautiful and tender biog- raphy of unusual pattern and intent. R THE LUCK OF THE LAIRD. By Albert Payson Terhune, author of “My Friend, the Dog,” et New York: Harper & Bros. 'HIS Terhune adventure runs along pretty much like a love story. It It would be. As a romance it begins n America and ends in A laird’s castle in Scotland. Begins with an Ameri. | can yvouth much in love with his em- | ployer's daughter and « ds with the same youth equally in love with a Scotch’ lassie. The real business of the adventure is that of securing for his American employer a wonder collie owned by the Laird Macbeath. Since | the laird fs under some sort of super stition_ that will not allow the dog to leave his possession, the quick shifts | of adventure hinge upon the measures for securing this marvel of collie per | fection. but it was not made for complete | credonce. On the other hamd. fts prime object is to provide hazant and excitemont and poril and escape of a quality to fit the importance of the main purpose—that ¢ securing a per- | feot dox for the kennels of the rich Lan across the sea. The matter ends rather the matter stopa—a shado fn. conclusively, With the shifted affecs tions of the YOUNK man from America, coupled with his trials and teibula tiona over the dog, it looks as i€ he were golng to stay in Scotland g the do for himselt gnd keeping | the young woman, too, whose uncle, the Laint Macbeath, seems about done | for, ae the story Is loft somewhat to | the tmagination of the reader to make such concluston as he thinks best un der the viroymstances. $0¢ il to 330 ohy for BOOKS RECEIVED LIFE ON THR Mark Twain tor Stowart. Hrothers THE FIRST TRAIL. By Lady Raden: Vowel, Kraest Thompasan Seton, | Marforie Howen, Ridgwell Culluw, | Hoyd Cable, Walter De La Mare, | Lord Dunsany, John Hastings Turner, Mabel arlowe, Roy Mel drum, Madeloine Nightingale, D | othy Mavgaret Stuart, Hugh Ches. torman, fanthe Jerrolt, Rudvard Wipling, New Yorko 1In Appleton & Vo AESOI'S FAHLES: With Over Ono Hundred Diawings i Line and Colors by Louis Rhead. New York Harpor & Hrothors. THE CRICKET ON THE MEARTH A Fuiry Tale of Home. By Chavies | 1L Diokens, Hiustrated hy Franots 1. | Medtord. New Yorki Havper & HWiothers, | } NISSISsSIPYL lustrated by New York Ry Wal | Harper & | | JACK HORNER'S PIE; A Book of Ne tu Fun 04 ® Ahburey USa 0y . Dah! Bible, Har C. Savage. Cole G. G G35-VT4zi. Bible. . T. Gosp mony of the Gospe CBUH.-8a$ G Creation CBHS-C6T. CBRM-D743. John. The CBMK-M23. Twent: CBUX Political Economy. Edie, L. D.. and Wh! lems, Cases and nomics. Faubel, nom! Forman, e, Commerce 786! Post, L. F. The Basic Fac nom! { Weld, W. E. Case Book HC-Ed43ea. L. Princip! 1923. HC- The R and Ind A. 3 HC-P$4 a Econom Wi, Vernon, M. V39, Work, M. C. Bridge P Tests Bridge. Bridge in Brief. VOWR-Wsyib, S94c. Benge, M. B. RZE-B43h. clal is yet men who have and ind: 7 figure ¥ trades are bharve. disti ers the RZE-D 134. . nt. Zona. Ernest. Mackenzie, Compton. Miln, Mrs. L. J. Ina ¥ yard. - . King George Is Head Of Royal Yacht Club England's, and proda most exclusive ¢ Squadron. and admission #atheri of weal is at heart, nevertheless, a dog story. | people g‘llknwfla‘ w @ Roy King Geurge s ° to that ew ! ark mpossy prominence rial n its Brewers of be Thomas L have been ad elect man was refused he was too fat a You'll not believe the story, | the sigh: —perhay the Sch neid 1t 000, ne HeXt event any threo to ente Keep- | To dovelop and Eine costs, 3 consty The mom the planes become noe goad for taken for the nex ntet ba cre They are military or oo g far too delic IS st us will be mailed W ostawps Goodspeed's Book Shep fitlon A \shdurton Place Buston, Mass. ot QAU buve Qe N b B Ry Nila free. | When in Boston Browse in GOODSPEED'S cted an By | Douglas, L. C. Those Disturbing Mir- acles, McNeill, Psalm. rior wise, at mention of the|Stafford, G. W. The Sermon dn the _Mount. 114 L. C. Contract Bridge. YOS Home Made Chhdtes . C.D. A Manual for Tce Cream kers. e House 9t Yellow Gentlans and British Spend 8500.000 To Win Schueider Cap IS A NATIONAL INSTITUTION W stook