si DX\ MtAlt II 261922 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE2
A teicak'. ew lagan-d'Azines -like Wave

Editor's Note: T'his is te third of Te contents startetiot promis-,
a series of articles dealing wills the ingly sitill a unique erse iby laniel
new magazines. A fourths will appear Long, entiledl 'tninportant Dialog."
at a eary ttte.The pitht is well sstained throughl
(Ry311.;IT)S) the entire issue, "Decatence and Jolts
A few years ago I. L. Mecken bettter-st" iy Vittentt Sarret, 'Ieply
threw the Chicago literati itlo a sate tottnIvitatiot'' by lGeorge Moore,
(iof acutte self-onsciosnsless lby propie- 'anit"Jack at ill, a tDock Gats
sying that their city swas destitned to E;clgte" by W. lark fRtssell, twink-
become the literary cetter of tie ling a little mire tbrigtly t hntheir
United States. Mlr. Mecken's ore- comtttpatitn pieces.
cast was certainly nsttt sithot t B ut t et aiter is tgoi' tat
grotutds, ftr Chicago has been either stes above te average. ArthurE
the tiointe or a decidetly influential M1acte, an Englisthmtan who is tnfor-!
factor in the livs of st nuimter itt tuatety tto litle knwtn i this osi-
ist rate artists of te ptast twsentv try, ias It stry,'Te Marriage of
These riters are lanurge";Llewellyn Joies writes an
years. (hs rtr r nutter- exceletttsplt eciatiots of the poetry tf
ated, by the say, in henry I. uller's T. Sturge Moore; and tere is a rtter'
eellent article, "hlic~ago 'Novelists, goodu story, "The Wite Playgrosud"
which apiearet ilittTie Literary Ie- by' ai wrier natmttd Seina Dery. All
these ae geuie uvorth, while te
view ftr Martt 18. poetry is tnifortltn i simtilar level.'
Butt, ii addititt to ttthocse wose Trestwood-cuts tf vrying degrees if
ntames tre areatdy known, there is the mierit rso 50icttted.
younger generation. whchihat~s et10 'FTle scondtiissie of 'Te Wave
attain tte dignity tf clt covers. This jsttts sa geertl sprucitg up. It is
generation, reflecting solme of te git- printed tn a better grle f ater, fi-
ter of the ptophesy, has atlsot becomtueitsratetl iy somie tnusialy flue wo-
intensely asware of itself andt has (ils btv Iirger Satitzi itwtoi of temt
stttght epressittni beftre telightif Pitelitt'ltftt s l attl
publicity has faded. 'hl'botgicait ittde'
tf doing this is, ifcousetthrougtthit i
Antd, Jtttginig fromthelevciidenceits ti
i'nt in Chitcago,Itihe'is deidted ly a
platce for tis sote tf peitdicl.
P'tet ry, os umagaie 'i h ais itteci
pubishtedin('Chii'agtt hora111111briot
yeats, letis its particular hieldtbut it
tffers nioutet fr prose wri tinlgLast
Octoter there spranigtp a seconttd
periodcal, Youth, which, front all i-j
dications, is headed for early olivion.
T'he first issue, ousite of sit attrac-1
ive cover, presented oting start-t f
ting. There wias shout it a idistinc
flavor of the amateurish. A few crit- sa
vcs helped it alitng swith half-tered
encouragement, a tand of Chicagas
printed a burlesqute whict, it was 1
said, was better than the irigitalatt bi
ntoting more was teridfro 'Youths 1
until ate in January, when a secind i n
issue apeared. This 'as as unmdis- yi
inguistied as its predecesor and, un- 8
less I seriously nisoy guess. i wilt
tie the last f TYouth.!
The Wave, which first aptearedin iiC
January, had, then, practically sit
oplen field before it. This muagzine,I
which is publistied by Steen iinricit-i
sen and catabily edited by Vittcent{G
Starrett, was sit entirely diffterent
stfer from Youth.
Tile first numttber swaggereid with i
gaudy anid sophisticated cover. It was In
printed on cheap paper and, front its
iutwiard appearante, it mtigt have(r
been almost anything, frim a Snppy
Stories to a Dial. A glance t the
contents, however, wals reitsutrihig.
Tile subject matter showsed carefult
selection. It was solid material, x- XV
cuted with no small degree tf literary
ability, and was fresh, lively, tand i-
teresting. What/is inore, it steeret
clear of the "freak" stuff of Broom or
'The Little Rteview,.]Een the art wasI
suite!
fli the first page was a blue splotcht K A
following it by Williami SattpietI M
which the editor later tls us is "be-
lieved to be happily synmbolic of much 604
that follows it":60
I watched two little waves «
mtarching t the shore.
One died with a yawn
the second with a rost.

embellishied sitsititial asuitafilpie'ce t':liiecludig 'The IDoube-ea'leir,
stood-blocks by IHinrichsen. 'tl it is stranuge t litetlehlit it i
The tontents as a iwsole are almosit igutarly unlrphrsetsaive io lf-tic-
as gsod as ini the first nutmer. (Of the =oi. I sushictvihttA ir. B vuike's
three stories, WiliamisSapuier's "The 11111piecy'as to ftChiago's ledetrship
SSilversnith," a delicately sode'dvth s ~~fotudteila sre prt uons te
exotic little tale, is perhatus uhe bst, tiresens'e'of that spirit Ofi ushtrisl-
although "'Tle Secret Glory," by it tnutumeriitcree tigorti ndtti h ili-
SArthur lachiet, an elabtoratie dcrci- jilytlt'e gre, ail'meut'rpotlis, such
 ive piece plunging agreeably to a stuO' iii is rfletd in Carl Sandbhurgs
last-line climax, is not far behindu. Nor: hithry triniTh Fedrei Dreier's "'T'
is "Anonia and Ditnigi"liy'HailTi tantu ut inThflt'Wave the' is ino
Loiig- The poetry again is excellent. !rflectin f this riued psser. 'Fie
inclhuuedhis ut hitheut unubltuiishe'_t1i ~ artd itsnt'dttvese's unto1
andt nt especially ditiguished-u at icliii, gitsttmer thitgs, sujects
qutrain bty Oscar Wihle. Cart an'tuitally fireignst the ituese mtit-
iVechlen contributes ai fairly amuttsinigwescternt inusili sirit of-(his ago.
trifle out "Movies for Program ts ues," It the t issues tic oly evitence
and T. C. O'Donnell, it "The :land-;toutsitih..te advertisemetueus thast the
wiched Islainders," sils up oin a themse ediors ever heard of their ciy is a
which he -Could have made a greait raller i-uewoodtutii labeled i-t ('
deal of, nmely, that old chesnut of ;esy"-it itigh equally wtell hauv betit
the Rtheoric tprofessortrh le fOne hBok vlld"ets' V"in" or 'Paris"tor "'T'
to be chosen for reading swhen ma-Sitdiers' tnd Siloris' Montument----t"
rooned out a tdeserlisland. fO'Donuneli atoil. itheitr upinlesstonepgi'
fails to tisse much of his maeri. i ticle Ch'icagoin ts148."
In "emi-'Tasse,''the eitoril? Hioise-vter, the editttr itt-il' lvotiti-
columni, there are intelligent reviews' ing local clotr pulrposely. A ally'
of "'T'e Book-Hunter at lHtme" anitire, he is lullmg ut a deciedly
"Vtenuso in Furs." wvort sietub tule boitu. I hevitdts
Alt considered, this litlue periotdiclthei freashht"ecwnforms''ath can
liss made us belier bitt for a persu- latke fiancsilI edts miiiet, tre is noi
sent plate tn the newss-sandsth Ian reasonu why' his hmaigzinevshluul t
any' similai' puiblicaton that I knotws' tf be aithoutitghtsucess.
t regre Vt''-
ow often do you hear a man
y that after h le has bought
iality. It always costs more to
ay it in the first place but some-
)W there is a lot of satisfaction
iwatching it wear.
heap clothes betray themselves
the first time they are worn
'ood clothes bespeak the gen-
tleman as long as they hold together,
the long run a good suit is less
expensive than just an ordinary one, That is
why more and more people are demanding
quality these days,
e will deem it a pleasure to
show you some of our quality goods,
1L M ALCO; 0L
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