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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. of SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE, published monthly at New York, N. Y., for April 1st, 1925 State of NEW YORK, County of NEW YORK Before me, a NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared CARROLL B. MERRITT, who, hav ing been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the BUSINESS MANAGER of SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publica tion for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y EDITOR: Robert Bridges 597 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 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MERRITT, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of March, 1995. Joseph H. Poli. Notary Public, Queens County. Queens County Clerk's No. 2632. Certificate filed with New York County Clerk No. 123. Commission expires March 30, 1925. [SEAL.] In writing to advertisers please mention SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE 80 38 Vol. LXXVII. No. 1 January 1925 SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE BEATA BEATRIX Illustrated Contents for JANUARY 1925 From a drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. REMINISCENCES OF CONRAD. SHIP OF THE MIDDLE CLASS HOW TO BE ILL OLD FARM. Poem THE KENTUCKY BOY-A Story William E. Borah John Galsworthy Illustrations by C. LeRoy Baldridge. THE PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITIES FRANCE Illustrations from photographs. Albert Guérard LETTERS OF A BOURGEOIS FATHER TO HIS BOLSHEVIK SON-A Story THE GLADIATORS THE POET. Poem Paul van Dyke . Edwin Dial Torgerson Lawrence Perry Lorraine Roosevelt Warner SUCH WOMEN AS ELLEN STEELE-A Story Sidney Howard 1822 23 THE FINANCIAL SITUATION-The Rise on the Stock Exchange and How It Is Inter- 597-599 FIFTH AVE NEW YORK + 7 BEAK STREET, LONDON, W. 1. Copyrighted in 1924 in United States, Canada, and Great Britain by Charles Scribner's Sons. Printed in New York. All rights Scribner's that's wifes you com HAVIN AVING put off the disguising nim--and to us-one of three pleasant little bus in the last number, readers in- bits of information "out of the débris of quire who it is we turn out to be. Well, the morning." we are the chap who writes this depart- We find ourselves having an ever grow ment and does vari ous odds and ends about the shop. S cribner's Magazine wishes each of its readers a Merry Christmas and a New Year marked by joy, health, and prosperity. & What we want most is that you shall realize your hopes and be able to see your life as something worthy and good, as something which gives you satisfaction; and that by being immersed in one interest you do not lose sight of life in its entirety. This shop is a rather pleasant place to be, and from our point of vantage we are able to observe much that goes on. When Edward Bok comes in with two of those attractive girls from the Fifth Avenue Section with whom he has been out on a shopping tour, when Royal Cortissoz comes in with his copy for next month, or when the budding young artist tries to sell the art director a set of drawings, we see them all. The only drawback to our observatory is that we cannot escape the hunting eye of the insurance agent or other person who stops in because he was struck with the altruistic idea that he might be of service to us. ing respect and admiration for the Senator from Idaho. His new position as chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, to which he succeeds by the death of Senator Lodge, gives him increased power and prestige. His article, "The Republican Victory-What Shall We Do With It?" is a clear outline of what the Republican party must do to retain liberal support, and stands out as a document which is sure to affect administration policies. From politics we turn to literature, and from Senator Borah to Joseph Conrad. Mr. Galsworthy's reminis- From Borah cences are among the finest to Conrad things we have read in the great mass of material that Conrad's death called forth. And since we take no small pleasure in Mr. Galsworthy's own writings, you can see that we are liking this number of SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE pretty well. One particular delight is a vindication of an opinion of ours by Conrad himself. When, on the way to our observatory one morning, we saw the morning papers headlining the death of Joseph Conrad we experienced a distinct sinking feeling, and almost the first thought that flashed through our mind was: What a pity that his last book was "The Rover" And now we find in one of Conrad's letters that, to use his phrase, "The Rover is a mere interlude" in the search for another novel which eluded him. He died without achieving his desire. We shall always regret that lost novel. Mr. Galsworthy's intimacy with Conrad makes his reminiscences reveal a man who was naturally reticent in revealing himself save through his work. And we like his estimate of Conrad's work because it is also our own. for the Albert Guérard adds a new word to our vocabulary by his title. Mesocracy is a New good word. We're glad to Ammunition make its acquaintance. Dr. Guérard tells us that he has Puzzlers already received two excellent letters from historians regarding "The New History: H. G. Wells and Voltaire" in the November number. One from a modern, Carl Becker, and the other from William Milligan Sloane. Dr. Guérard says of the latter: "Although we belong to a different generation and a different school, I have great respect for him and was glad to have his good word. My! But he lets loose on the new historians! One is a 'smattering polymath'; another a 'professional charlatan."" You readers who are good at crossword puzzles may be able to divine to whom Dr. Sloane refers. Dr. Guérard is now at the Southern Branch of the University of California. He has recently been delivering a number of lectures on Anatole France. In line with Dr. Guérard's article comes a defense of the bourgeoisie and the capitalist in the form of fiction. Edwin Dial Torgerson be Mute Inglorious Capitalists lieves that the conservatives are poor publicity men. Having done newspaper work in the naturally conservative South for ten years, he says: It was my experience that manufacturers seldom have anything to say about their business or about themselves. They get into print reluctantly, because they fear publicity will turn unwelcome attention to them from the labor element. And this is the explanation of the fact, I believe, that for twenty books that are written in support of Socialism, scarcely one is written in defense of our theory of property, usually re ferred to as Capitalism. . . . So it occurred to me that if some one ventured to say something for the under dog, the poor old corporations and capitalists, it might be considered a contribution to the cause of justice. John Weathers seems to us a good scout of a father rather than a representative capitalist. It is not often that one finds a capitalist (we mean a professional one who takes every opportunity to shout about socialists and bolsheviks) who is as tolerant as John Weathers. Many such fathers would prefer that their sons should not think. If the boys should ever have the desire to write for a radical journal published in Greenwich Village, the parents would think of them as attacked by some dread disease, as having gone out of their senses, but never as thinking. The story stands on its own feet as an amusing tale, and is a good presentation of a tolerant view. And here Mr. Edmund A. Whitman puts in a voice from his Boston law office where he has made a special Well, study of the railroad ownerWe won't ship question. steal his thunder by giving you his answer here to the question which he asks in his title. Who Do? We wrote to Mr. Whitman after the election and asked him what the prospects were with regard to the railroads in the next few years. He answered: "The rôle of prophet is never a fortunate one, but it is fairly clear that the recent election indicated that a wave of conservatism has swept over the country and that the Coolidge brand of 'common sense' is likely to prevail in the next Congress, with the result that that body will continue to 'muddle along'-to use the English phrase without any important change in railroad legislation." This magazine is becoming a source of information on how to live. Last month tire. Now Harrison Rhodes Judge Winston told how to re The Way to Be Ill tells how to be ill. These are actually two very difficult problems, because they involve mental decision. The philosophy of sickness is an odd subject and Mr. Rhodes has discussed it in an unexpected fashion. Mr. Rhodes has been spending the fall months in Venice, which is our idea of an ideal spot in which to be ill or well. Mr. Rhodes has written several novels; he collaborated with Anthony Hope in the play, "Captain Dieppe," and is the person who dramatized "Ruggles of Red Gap" and, with Benrimo, "The Willow Tree." It is essays like this one by Mr. Rhodes that give one some faith in optimism, shaken as it has been for many years by Pollyanna. We have always felt that we had no dread of old age because there are so many books to read. And, if one could be comfortably ill, the same would apply to sickness. "Old Farm" shows that Johnnie Weaver writes in English as well as "in American." as Ellen Steele" in this number. Mr. Incidentally, he explains that he called his recent book "Three Flights Up" because that was where he lived when he wrote the stories. When people object that the title doesn't mean anything because there are four stories in the book, he tells them that there were also four stories in the Lexington Avenue house where he resided. Two well-known educators go at the same problem from different angles in this issue. Frederick E. BolSeeking ton, who raises his voice for Ideals some training in the voca- Among the College Tom Boyd's annotated military record tion of living as well as in is an important document: of a Literary Comet Sidney Howard is emulating a comet on the literary horizon, and about a threetailed comet at that. During First Flights the past three years he has written three plays and collaborated in one, translated or adapted five more, written an historical pageant, six stories, and three series of magazines articles, each involving a long and complex investigation. His first play to be produced was "Swords." The one in which he collaborated with Edward Sheldon, "Bewitched," appeared this year, and now the Theatre Guild is producing his "They Knew What They Wanted." Those who have read his. "Three Flights Up," recently published, will be immediately interested in "Such Women Boys occupations, in "Idealism in Education," is Dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington. He was reared on a farm and has had experience in teaching in all kinds of schools-high and normal-and in four universities. He has studied psychology under Wundt in Leipzig, under G. Stanley Hall at Clark, and Jastrow at Wisconsin. Of his "Principles of Education" published several years ago it has been said "Bolton did for education what James did for psychology." Dr. Paul van Dyke is interested particularly in education as it is treated in France and America. He is a professor of history at Princeton, where the students sing of the "van Dyke boys-Henri and Paul." "The Provincial Universities of France" is far from being a travelogue. It is a keen comparison between university life in France and that in America. In Dr. van Dyke's opinion the French have to work too hard and the American students do not have to work hard enough, which is true, and not altogether the students' fault. |