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These mocks May Be. Obtained at the
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. REBITS AND CREDITS, By Rugy-
“ard Kipling.

A few weeks ago the Press of two
countries became fiercely agitated over
a new book, Mr., Kipling’s latest, which
had just been published. They. didn’t
scatter their ink in praise either; quite

‘ the contrary, they leapt upon the book

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with denunciations, sarcasms, reproofs.
And why? Because of one little poem,
tucked away near the front cover. A
very poor poem, as poetry is judged, but
containing a very much needed and very
bluntly phrased rebuke to America. There];
lay the ‘trouble. Had Mr. Kipling been
an American, it may be that the poem
would have been accepted and its senti-
ment approved, if not. t&ken to heart.
But. Mr. Kipling is not an Amefican. He
‘is only an, Englishman, a cousin, and
therefore in putting the poem in print he
placed himself in the position of the man
who, when told by: his host to “act like
one of the family,” went ahead and did
so. For although we call Englishmen
our cousins, we don’t expect them to act
as such.

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It is doubtful whether the reviewers
ever got beyond this one: poem, because
if they had, they might have saved al’
little space wherein to praise the rest of
the book which, if not. as good as Mr.
Kipling’s best, is comparable to many
of his most popular works. It is a col-
lection of 14 stories and 18 poems, group-
ed in such a way that every story has
one or more poems associated with it.
Many of the characters are well known
to two generations of Kipling devotees.
Stalky is there with his inseparable

> “company, Beetle and McTurk—“Tirala-

loo—I. gloat, hear me!” And Tommy
Atkins, with his thousands of broth-
ers in the British army. The Tommy
of 1915, changed. by the multiple horrors
of the new order of war gods, and yet

the same as twenty years ago, loyal-

philosophical, never knowing when he is
beaten—entirely lovable. Then there .are
some new characters who are, at the same
the Gate,” St. Peter and the angel, Az-
real, struggle with a war-time rush in a
quite human and wholly delightful fash-

- jon,

The book is a triumphant answer to
the modern cry, “can any good come out
of victorianism?” It is a reassuring proof
that, despite his years, Mr. Kipling has
lost none of his ability to portray Eng-
lishmen, be they “toff” or cockney bum.
But more than all these, it marks a
change, or rather, an addition to Mr.

Kipling’s style; a vaguely defined yet| a

clearly felt element—religion, spiritualism,
whatever name you wish to give it—the
note which invariably creeps into the
writings of older men and makes them
richer, deeper, more sympathetic.

E. -L.

 

The Silver Spoon,'by John Galsworthy.
Charles Scribner and Sons.

. Even great writers, apparently, cannot
escape the failings of mankind; and Mr.
Galsworthy, in his latest book, “The
Silver Spoon,” is human enough and old
enough to sit back wearily in his arm
chair and shake his head helplessly over
the younger generation and the future of
England:

Mr. Galsworthy.has. somehow failed to
° get hold of anything significant in this
latest addition to the Saga of the For-
sytes. He has not lost his mellow sym-
pathetic touch, nor have his characters
lost their absolute naturalness ; neverthe-
less, their rather petty struggles and ani-
mosities leave us cold. Fleur Mont, the
last frail shoot from the family tree, born

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\ with a silver spoon in her mouth, suffers

so entirely by her own fault, that we
cannot feel called upon to suffer with
her; and Soames, who from being hard
and very real in The Forsyte Saga, de-
veloped a soft heart in The White Mon-
key, is now, soft all through, and is not
nearly, alas, as real as he was. As for
Francis Wilmot from South Carolina, he
is only another reason for wishing that
English authors would leave Americans
alone. Michael Mont, with his political
theory of Foggartism, which, interesting

as it is, has so unduly large a part in a

novel, comes nearer to true importance
than the others. But with his wavering
faith and gentle skepticism, he is not a

_ powerful enough figure to make a book.

Perhaps Mr. Galsworthy, like so many
authors who have not been willing to lay
aside a popular theme, has suffered the
fate of the serial. writer, and begun to.
~ be bored by his own characters. The fact

might explain the attention he devotes to| ficed. 1
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an ineffectual writer. The Silver Spoon

‘is a.good book, to «which to devote an

afternoon, and you will not comé away
from it entirely empty-handed ; but rather
as one might come from having tea with
# keen but discouraged old gentleman,
who anxious about what the future will
bring to his coyntry and his race, but: has
little# faith in suggested solutions to the
problem, whether his own, or anyone
else’s. %

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It Happened in Peking, by Louise Jor-
dan Miln, Frederick Stokes and Co.

In this her latest book Louise Jordan
Miln shows not’ ottly a perfect fairness
to both ‘East and West, but also a keen
insi ht into the psychology of the Chinese, *
of the ‘American, and of the English girl.
The author is blind neither to the possi-
bility of a deep sympathy between. the
Oriental and: the Western character, nor
to the ‘ultimate irreconciliability of the
two so widely diverging races. She has
therefore set herself a task that she is
admirably fitted to perform—the analysis
of prejudice—she never writes the word!
—in her characters that are of three
nations,

The Duchess of Charleny and Mrs.
Van Vleck, of “New York, have. been
drawn to Peking by the “lure of the
Fast,” full of curiosity about Chinese
ways. Elizabeth, the nieces’ of the
Duchess, and John Thorn, of Chicago,
nephew of Mrs. Van Vleck, on the con-

Tn , the end, however, the deeper-lying
prejudices’ of the aunts prove the more
obstinate, while the more pliable hostility
of the girl and boy is replaced by an
attitude of warm sympathy.

The characters are well drawn, those
of the Empress and her ministers no less
than those of the “barbarians.” Con-
sistent throughout, the qualities of each
are clearly expressed. The plot is nicely
developed, and is not without human or
international significance. Except for the
misfortune of ‘a laboured, an almost
affected style, /t Happened in Peking de-
serves high praise.
: : M. S..*V.

Pub-

 

Chevrons, by Leonard Nason:
lished by Doran & Co.

Chevrons, by Leonard Nason, is one
of the books called forth by the recent
revival of interest in war stories. It is
written out of the personal experience of
the author who was a Sergeant just as
Eadie is. The title of the book is de-
rived from the fact that the Sergeant, by

which he was very proud. He found,
however, that it brought him nothing but
“lot of cheap conversation.” When he
was actually wounded he refused to con-
fess it, and told everyone that he had
had appendicitis.

‘The chapters in Chevrons are arranged
as separate adventures, incidents held to-
gether by the central figure and by a
chronological sequence. Two soldiers re-
turn to their unit from hospital. Their
scrapes are laughable, their language more

selves hurried on to the front.

described in some detail.
rest is followed by another advance.

some of the bitterness, the weary disgust
of the author.

While Chevrons does not rank with
What Price Glory or The Big Parade in
dramatic quality or in the impression of
reality conveyed, yet it is worth while
reading for the entertainment and for the
new point of view. In most books deal-
ing with the military, the Sergeant is
cursed; hete it is the .Sergeant who
curses.

(This book may be obtained at the
Bookshop) C® R:

“LAST OF MRS. CHENEY”

Most Delightful Comedy Now cat
Garrick.

Ina Claire has come to Philadelphia.
Her play, The Last of Mrs. Cheney is
one of the most delightful comedies it
has ever been our privilege to see. Al-
though some things about it are hard to
reconcile, such as the extremely American
“English accents,” and the fact that the
polished Mrs. Cheney had ever been a
shop girl, sti#] these details could hardly
ous. in a situation so
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clothes, but everyone knows

crary, had both come against their will. |.

being gassed, won a wound stripe of |,

so. They arrive on the eve of an attack,
and though they are tired out, find them-
The ac-
tions and feeling of the Sergeant are
A period of

The fighting, the men, all are vivid.
| You feel that Mr. Nason has seen these

things. You get the immense weariness
of Sergeant Eadie, of the men. The
hospital scenes stir you, too. You ‘feel

 

ling; or such crooks as Charles and ‘his
accomplices—even the’: pearls aren’t real.
Indeed jit is this vefy departure from cold
sober, truth that gives thé play its charm.
The acting in all cases-is utterly suit-
Ina Claire, awith her low abrupt
voice, her graceful bearing and beautiful
that ‘Ina
Claire .is..-a superb actress and qwhat’s
more, she. really plays the piano when
she is supposed to. Lord Elton is satis-
factorily pompous; the imperturbable
Charles is master of any situation (how

| one would love to accompany him on his |

“trip ‘round the world”). The little
cockney George, who is “learning. the
business,” adds some happy gleams of un-
adulterated comedy,*and, by the way, his
accent seemed genuine. —

The entire play is as relaxing as a fairy
tale; yout know it isn’t true, and that it
will come out right in the end, But know-
ing this does not stop you from getting
terribly. excited when the heroine is
trapped and caught red-handed; or when
you don’t seg how the her& is ever going
to realize that she is really much more
wonderful than he imagined her before
he found’ out her secret. You are faced
with no mefphysical problem, you are
not required to do any philosophical
thinking, but you are given an evening’s
entertainment, not one moment of which
you will ever regret. ¥

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imagination- the Oriental reception hall,
where guests-bowed low to each other in
stately rhythm, where,° as‘she said, “the
Emperor sits on high golden throne and
the Empress on a silken cushion.”

Back to 1926 again with a talk on
French University life by’ Marie Theres
Liniere,-whoalso-was~the-manager~ of
the entertainment as a-whole. She ex-
plained that in France all social life and
sports are carried on outside the uwni-
versities, whose sole business is to teach.
The students, who almost all intend to
use their learning in sqme practical way
as lawyer, teacher or doctor, are very
much in earnest,
studies practically independently of the
professors. These latter have not tieces-
sarily any closer relation to the students
than that of lecturing to them; but the
best students usually seek out their pro-
fessors, and get imdividual help from
them. Thiis the teachers can devote all
their time to, the good students, and let
the poor ones take care of themselves.

France figured again, but differently,
when Madeline Quinet, of Lorraine and
Radnor, played two charming numbers on
the violin, which were followed by an
intermission for cookies and cider, sold
for the benefit of the Student Friendship
Fund,

Miss Helen Munchnic, born in Belgium
of Russian parents, and having lived
more than half her life in this country,
next read some Russian poems, first in
translation and then in’ the original, and
the listeners had the opportunity to note
how much easier it is to appreciate the
musical value of poetry wherf’ one is not
distracted by the sense of the words.

necessity of interpreting Finland to an
ignorant audience, in five minutes, began
by pointing it out on the map, a great
yellow banana hanging over the North
Sea, and tried to give some idea of its
topography® its customs, and its. history.
A land of lakes and tiny islands it was
for many ,centuries under the beneficent
rule of Sweden, wa¥#taken over by Russia
in 1807, and at length became a republic
after the Russian revolution. Last, sum-
mer some Ohio girls went there, and one
was even courageous enough to take a
Finnish bath, The bath houses havé
stone floors, which are heated, and on the
day of the bath, cold water is thrown in,
which makes clouds of steam. The people
lie on shelves; and beat each other with
birch twigs, and then. go into cold water,
or into the snow!. But there are regular
bathtubs, too. Miss Bornsdorff concluded

travelers are still a novelty, and enjoy
considerable distinction.

The youngest performer was Miss
Hannah Ban of ‘Japan and 1930, who

imitation of an o!d Japanese instrument,
and the other the Japanese National
Anthem, Miss Ban was followed by Miss

up the careless, time-mellowed atmosphere
of. Cambridge, with its crooked queerly-
nated streets, and its lawns sloping down
to the river and the numerous bridges.

 

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Miss Ingrid Bonsdorff, faced with the

by asking everyone to come and see for :
herself this country of the North, where+®

played two pieces on the piano; one in|

Kathleen Johnson, who attempted to call}

students, unwanted intruders who sud-
denly broke up the habits of five -cen-
turies, « a paises

The eyenirig was fittingly wound up by
two French duets, sung by Miss Quinet
and Miss Liniere; the first was our old
friend “Aw Claire de la Lune,” with addi-
tions; dnd the second was a very amusing
pastoral on the .subject of “Mes Sabots.”
For an encore Miss Quinet sang a folk
song of Lorraine. All the musical num-
bers were accompanied by Miss Phyllis
Gregory, of Canada, at the piano.

The evening was practically as well as
artistically a triumph, about. $50 being
cleared for the Student Friendship. Fund.

WIN A BLAZER

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of points, and in withholding one from
a persori whom they feel should not have
one although she may have sufficient
the many points of. many people. Each
team, and, within each team each rank-
ing gives_one a certain number of points,
varying with the sport and with the num-
ber of teams playing.
Point Requirements.

Class colored blazer ........ 1000 points
Class colored blazer with

NUMIGIOIS cies. 2000 points
Class colored, blazer with

ce a, eee 3000 points
Yellow blazer with insignia ..4000 points
Yellow blazer with college

SOCAL os cece be sacs is .. 5000 points

The maatter of tanking is very im;
portant. The captains must consider the
regularity with which a player comes out
as indicative of her effort and interest,
and judge by this even more than by the
various degrees of natural skill. The
captains themselves will be judged by the
sense and thought exhibited in their
ranking.

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