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* MIR.KEABLE CHOOSES
{PERBADVENTLiRE, by Robert Keabi
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Reviewed,-by Dorothy .Sanders

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self to- his~ public. "Simon Called.
f Pter ws a young man's bitter cry
against the 'orthodoxy. of church Relig-
I'-on is always a dangerous subject,ad
.his very' daring- paved' the way for his
~success.: "The Mother of- All 'living,"


Karel C apek's Satire


I~~~~~~~t is______.a._____mar_____ed__ transition.-from-the* jug of the golden harvest. but in than.
Inaive -enthusiasm of a. prospective last novel, "Peradventure," 'there' is a
IEvangelical. Missionary. to. the pleas- sinxcerity which .rings .quite true,- The,
PU [ TING THE TIME , or less than having an equal partner- i ure ul. surrender of a pagan Hedonist, book...is. sub-titled-; ".The Silence of
ship in the chancery or presidency osf but Robert. Reable zi his hird novel, j God," and, it is to pierce this silence
-OUT OF JOINTj some European nation). or to marry " Peradventure," handles. such a theme'l that the soul takes up it6 pilgrimage.
BILACK XE 4 By Gertrude Atherton 'Lee Claver ing. who could not leave with so sure a. touch that it seems, not , Mr.< Keable is -not positive, the : story
Boi & Liveright. INew York and whose very-- namne, 4, in the least exaggerated. I ends in. a compromise--with. a tarok-
Revewd y . L Tldn ' she did bear it, would brand her at l Paul. Kestern, the youthful hero,! en thread. Here .again the, opportun-
It was inevitable that the themes of once as an outsider, and cripple her Ive i is ihenyasi h s oiae n tydteato'
political ambitions, was her problem bi hde-bound complacency of his father's hand with an idea to, royalities on a
physical reJuvenation be taken for the W ith the advantage of ,her, experience l parish at Claxted, on the outskirts of j sequel, or, and this is much the kinder
basis of 'a novel, having been tortured she chose Austria.I London. He is a leader among the view, whether only so far has lar.
out of shape by bending to vaudeville church workers, an ardent out-door. Keable's searching taken him.
jokes - and column wheezes about1 Thus the narrative.. I -am not sure'I
thtMs.Ahronwsnt;rtn preacher", with his whole intent set on; The book, on a whole, is predomin- _
"monkey glands," discussed, damned taMr.thtn iaSotY1iti taking orders and eventually going' ated- by. religious dissertations on
and decorated.. by some hundred mil- with her tongue,"as they'say, in her into foreign missions. He goes to !.reeds, doctrines and ecclesiastical
lion cliche-clutchers, it is properly cheek throughout the whole perform- Cambridge, a secret 'picture of Edith ; lore. As the advertisement on its pa--
enough employed as the warp in MIrs. }ance, which would not in the least in- Thtn h oilyIfut nhspe oe usi,"r ebehsse
p ~Itreewt heefcetmnplTion otescalyifut nhs'pe oe usi,"4r ebehssc
It as ot nevtabe tat rs.At- othetypwrier.Thee i, oviusly, pocket, and a great love for the Christa ceeded In the difficult task of doing
Irtowausethsre in tractable hakeelsatis.runnin through the in his heart. At Cambridge his smug; jutsice ..* to- the conflicting doe-
ertn ue tis ater ntrctaleclayboken cotiemraryn ustos an dogmatism receives serious blows, as ;trines of the evangelical, .brad-An-_
fro wic todohe mdelng btI one after another, he comes into !gelican, ritualistic, and Roman. Catho-
it was fortunate indeed that one of figures oft New York's Sophisticates- thoughtful contact with the confusion i nepeain fCrsinity"I
less skill did not attempt it. There isod hc wl ie stmorr~ f established creeds. He sings out: addition to this he lends afinl a
I hn, something innately disturb']eiffo neliesa ti o his perplexities in; poetry, publishes- toatesgntism-vnEser
j~~o. 4j'~ 1'h~ ~ ~ edy ofrmanners,'from._)rs. Olethoyrn.--- - ,. .ahim gotcsee atr

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cur w JzeU0~giuau seseinl ULLiLUII
a credible romance upon a foundation
of this sort,-the fountain' of eternal
youth, Ponce de Leon, rusted breast-
plates and forgotten doubloons, versus
glandulax operations, crowded su4-
mnents; Sir Philip Sydney in a suit
ways and chewing gums advertise-
of Klassy Kut Kloathes. It is far from'
an easy thing to mix up, those ingredi-
enits and have the result attractive.
The first halt of the novel seems to
be divided between precedent action
and introduction of character. A
beautiful and mysterious woman took
possession of the old Ogden residence,'
in New York where Clary Ogden, a. lost
beauty of the inexorable eighties was!
wont to baffle the whiskered and bow-j

a fearsome,_ ancient' and admirable
major domo, who is the most interest-
ing character in the book, to Janet,j
her granddaughter, a broad'paodyon
the type of young girl who has acquir-!
ed the trade mark of flapper.
I can well imagine how rue "ad-
vanced" novel of another period deal-
ing with flying machines or horseless
carriages, wild-eyed in their predic-
tion of a revolutionized transportation
was received at large when there was
but a hint of those .things. What
touches us closest is only vwhat is
common, monotoaOus . or stale but1
dressed in a-Sprinxg suit'. 'The-fur Her
'within the bounds of our experience,
the sooner recognized, the sooner we

several volumes of it, leaves the faithl
of his fathers, writes a successful
I May, is disowned by his father and
finally finds surcease in the arms of':
Ursula.
'When Byron published his "Childe
Harold.," over and above hisj
affirmations to the contrary, the
public accepted it as an autobi-
ographical confession. That seems
the natural reaction to any work which
is minutely soul-searching and sym-
pathetic. In, "Peradventure," there
hardly is need for conjecture. Mr.,
Keable, the ex-clergyman and the pro-
testant, has unqualifiedly given him-

mysticism. This is all- very scholar-
ly, but the real merit of the book lies
[in the lovableness of characters whose
whole function is the expression of
religious premises and their rebuttals.
'Paul is frank, honest, sparkling and
Swholly impetuous and boyish. Father,
Vassal, the suave Roman, is whimsi-
cal and charming, Ursula is all she
ought to be, as are Manning and Tres-
sor. Even Paul's father, despite his
narrow fanaticism, is a good old sainst.
Mr. Keable's descriptive power is-as
remarkable as it is restrained.' With
the lightest touch he charmsClaxted,
Saint Mary's, Thurole Eind,, Fordham

ig gallants of the period.
Those composing thlo post-war New
):ork ancien regime were naturally
agitated over this appearance; there
were enough of Mbary's old friends,
keen-eyed grandparents of the preys-
en t gezm-ation, to be moved by the
likeness of the stranger to their early
beauty and enough of -the present gen-
eration to be moved by her exoticI
charm and mysterious appeal. Who ,1
was she and' from whence ha~d she!
come? 'ary' Ogden had been last
heard from. when in Buda Peeth lust
after the war, a shruniken old woman
who turned her city home into a hos-
pital. Wteas this person an inadvert-
ant daughter; a iniece,.-an imposter?
Whoever she was, there was no deny-
ing her power of attrattiveness and
enchantment.
Up to the middle of -the book her
identity remains, undisclosed while
Lee Clavering, the successful young
columnist of a New York paper found
himself in love with her whom.-he had
seen less Chan a dozen times and
whose appearance still composed the
meaty bits of conversation at dinners.
Lee at once found that this charming
young woman was really old enough
to be his mother, was, in fact, the
same intriguing :Mary Ogden who
had married an Austrian diplomat -and
went abroad before- Clavering was1
born. Still she appeared with the
spirit and youth of a woman not yet
in her thirties, with the exception that
while she possessed the brain and;
outward appearance of youth, her1
mind, her experience remained that
of a woman well past fifty, a, woman
who had spent her life in court cir-
cles, scheming and playing the diplo-
miatic game, and who had lovers that!
made an avocation of woman.
Now she came to New York_ to rival
women thirty-five years younger than
herself, poaching upon the generation
by nature belonging solely to Others..
Men were an open secret to her; 'she
had pursued her ideal constantly,
through -her life to return disillusion-I
ed, philosophic-and extremely amused.
Although she might, vicariously
through her present self, bestir old
chords of love, she saw too easily be-
hind the scenes and all too clearly
could discriminate between desire 'nd.
love. To choose between a new am-
atory interest rather than love and a
sacrifice of her new found powr, the+
exercise of her energy in aiding Aus-
tria and becoming the wife of a Euro-
pean diplomat (which meant no more

accept it at its true worth,-intellect-
ual lodge signs have' been exchanged,
an old well-worn- acquaintanice has
been found. The enviable trick is. to
get, us to accept the. stranger, at once
with the warmest of ear-wiggling.' Al-
beit a sen t tin eurgeiiover you°com-
parable to that "which ya- small - boy
might have "ifl -ae a ted.-o°tto see
a Winter Garden-show- .an-4' recogniz-
edhis grmnmother a the little; blond#
tthird from the end. It .is of 'brief' dur-
ation and Mary Ogden, Sleincewi, is
suprizingly human and her. rtions
are naturcai, ch rminrg,-
The .Passage Of time itsel_ is pe'-
hapa. the esseuce of "reinee,--btt la-
trodcein the. argot of" popular sonig
writers a 4topical""ic " id " it _takee
the alchemy of the true artist not to
lose the poetic roantic flavor. Thie
book is gangling in spots but ;the ex-
Icellence with which an extremely difil-
cult subject was -handled causes. any
technical malformation to'- be over-
shadowed.

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*-Sarcasm, derisioni, cynicismwith At- v.EDT l~TN~~ ~I you enjoy -on
t .T M'IN SF:deep sin-ceirity.. which. almost justifies stryp or the atcy
the viciouts ' trio -t his is the tone of R a e pe a e 'h r u -l o a p .b c 't' ''o m n d. e e tw
mocdern poetry, paintin , iteratre,- sn h:ginig'il eoif you wish to see
., ~ culiar sr of person with an expres- one =of the more intelligent 'is left, at; do not -mean ,the ty
all types ,of' art.,In our country. Eu-,sionless--face, And wig-like- hair-these :the reus fHleaworlsal ina book or play j
-gene (Y-'#eIll lhbr ought to the stage, ,are "the famous Rtobotsmade by man the members of the and by the law 'thie 'illegitimate livll
a:" far different type of play than, hasi to take the place of the laborer'inte1flv.Isen iei h
evr ee podce pevou t tisindustrial world. This is the satire I'omaniyhua thousands and millions ofI see what is happe
time. His- "Emperor Jones"an on which the whole play is based; the{ Robots have been created that they areday, life about yci
.ad4effect on the future 'world of the pres- employed in the wears and there comes forceul and unusu
"Hairy, Ape" .have :cracked the founda- ent policies of greed, love of 'walth, la time when "the Robots, led by the one I to see these twO aa5
tion 'of " the- theatre-goer's standards ! increased .production," continues. Ifi more perfect than the rest, strike, re- ly -to enjoy them hi
and- have actually, drawn audiences fyou can refutte all the conventional; vcelt against their mtakers. Finally all ,are well worth the
awyfrom' the naughty cmde and! conclusions in economics you have the human beings 'are killed but' the few "arc hopEless, thee
awa cmedes gist of R. U. A. Only one of the per-i at the electrical station and the group.r by their very hope
inane 'burlesques, cotrlarv to the pro- Fsons connected with the manufacture; The lamp on "the table goes out -the enlven in us the '
ducers' predictions. A taste for real- of the Robots revolts against the idea# passing of the-'people at the station to counteract. the
islic drama has been dleveloped to such of producing these strange creatures, and the little band is left in the room Lfelow-feeling rinds
an eten tht tansltios fom or-mechanically like humans but lacking~ the, remainder of the human race. to abolish existing
eig tngus avebeun o e itr- one important. detail-the soul. This! Not for long-the Robots advance-de-' before I did not 1
sig "tngus hvebegn t beinto.person is woman, the wife of the !mnnd the formula of 'their composi- personally I feelt M
ducedl. general mianager:.-I wondered -if Ca- ;tion= Helena has burned it-then the be forced to see th
First among these, a:- e1 Cap ' has' pek mieant this for a .significant fact] shots which bespeak the death of all f
been permitted to d. uay ii, ,:res. Ithat woman in general is possessed Ibut .the architect. I shall not go into 1 T
} with a greater sense of justice and the detail of the final act. The only; George 'Jean Na
This Czecho-Slav he;. ,.:K:n_;l some jfellow-feeling than tian, I wonder but lhope of the whole play is the disco-i boo: "The 'ol
years ago in a series of P'^"we"; called "probably. shall never have the questionI ery of two Robots to which the feel- (Knopf) compares r
"The Sufferings of CA~." His first settled. But she does protest, this l ing of protection of appreciation, of'gun in his power as
play was of youth ., ' - called j woman Helena, and urges the doctor, sacrifice has come and the dawn of a Ac. We have yet to
"The Robber." Since then he collab-! to perfect the Robots to such an extent new' era is seen in these two who are' detonation of this
that they begin to act peculiarly and charged with being a new Adam and annihilation. How
rae wih hs b oh r n riig are said to have "attacks." and are a new Eve. mainstay of critic.
"The Insect Comedy" and his latest 'l
efort is "R. U. R." Capek's wares
have been displayed, I say, but without ;111i1tnuI1nn1u1nnjg~itltitin iwung#nnultntjllli10111111w11=ut#uIlI~InIIIIIItiiimnn;111fl
=the assurance that they would be ad-' ______________________
mired or even well-received. The tone,;
ct sarcasm. perades his entire works,
while" on the whole, America goes tow,
the theatre. to be' amused. I --,"
I do not think I1 will ever forget!=
these-audiences waiting for the cur-j k~ Sm artness, Lurks in1
tam to rise-a small group huddledj ' 1
try-ether iin the theatre-the critics,,
trying to catch a' it of needed sleep; \ T h e - ico t
the . ould-be ht 1i-bromws,,secing the'
plays becausae "ever'yone is, my dear;"f.1 h c Iu net pn. hsiioa
lion '=== the}. dramatic field; and,' lastly,- -' - ut slea bti vi
tim e " woo rea.,ized-'.,that, here; w s in u e a
en iethixngi' ortfh while if not espe- ".l L "'th' somat
eiailfy 'citertamining.A :Anid the . eoplej ".'- t iegU a u athe, arce-m r, u ea
di: not like the .pta.YD-they did' not '" '' aes estl oseamds st Lt ut _i
- . le;tine zntrld note-they -did- not like ' e , ''-
A4 see- what. the. world was really like '- ~ -o.e- acigfok eetiSvr
-or, at Feast migbf be like isthe fu-.. I"c.rs anfr beatt Svrl
totec. I4i apite. of ,.the -noelty of the -o bxble n r~n
per. of sp',ite"fftno e i the,- 'fbiste obn euywt
ators w&to r pito of the detafledand.-of j w g h ic&inteet-aprl nsy
cdmpilete- -amiptisatwents of- atnios- e'ut ii lapr.Isp
pler'. thi'e-+thee"_ people-hard-to-t.- th- eryltst od
, s rpee eyelts rd ixtlpe~aae 4ii -;not,. like .the .productibns ay
but I onot 2 did 'otlike them -eitherad f eati
b E dont~tregret fo r amf instant that
I'have seen them.
--o'e'xperrae, time,: labor seem to hav
~ben apared in the.-wrking out of thi
so-called. atmosphere. There 'As no
stirring . - one- particur. prsn- ..
so-me lad with a fair voice or a girl =
with-pretty And active legs, but a har-'a
Iofetualentedoi actors, and r faactresses. gThe
Te=Appropriate for Street -
Insect Comedy illustrates my point~
to a superlative degree and I will de -i
scribe but one' scene to give an im- an f e no n Wa
pression of this remarkable accom- --nd A t ron Wa
The curtain rises. In time center of The three-piece costumes make it possible for Milady
the stage sits the time-keeper beating, ;
out the, rhythm 'for the workers-one, M to dress for a shopping tour or a buzsiness" engagement ;'
two, three, four;, one, two, three,ou;-I-
' round the hill they move together; allt = in a perfecly appropriate m]7annYer and at the same time be i iete oe-tgte.Rsn
like a 'hugd cloud In the: back Is the L ready for an xinormal social occasion by merey sipping i/
ant -hill with" thy- ants moving round fI
and round, one, two, three, four; one, - out of the jecket of her suit, for the skirt may be accom-
twvo,- three, four. A messenger runs' -bb ' k farcor et
in7-a great discovery has been made! - panried b a frock blouse of gaysen'fb n;orbrea
Timecanbe ave by haningthethe jacket may be a charming -little frock with silken
beat. One,two, four; one, two, four.
pou n eanturearning yoursbrain,
Theunc t.oesa ,incount aineesto;wast'and, fabric sirt! "These suits come to ariousy
war is begun, between the red 'and. a combinations suitable for-spring.
black antsover a blade of grass
And they fight and- fight-many are
slain-all are slain but, a few and the t
time: leper goes on with his slly 'A
one, two, four. . It stops-th'atcounlt-de[,7
=ing-just to hear it-just to know that -
somoozie" was left to the~ blade of grass-
-but the curtain' falls-the scene is
over-no one left to the blade of grass:
-the "scene is finished! r°:

Different from the "Insect Comedy".
- in varintis- and distinctive ways, "R.1
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