PA(ki EIGHT
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, FEBRtUARY 24, 1924
PLAYS AND STAGE
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for it merely reemphasises what alt
who think have grasped before, that
a saint alive is a menace, while safe
ly dead is twice blessed.
The staging is so simple and ade-
quate that it does not infringe upon
the Shavtan brilliance of the play or
its exquisite impersonations. Joan
(Winifred Lenihan) has the nearly
impossible position of woman and
savior, which she occupied convinc-
ingly, enlivening the imagination by
the freshness and directness of her
performance. Not a moment when the
illusion was lost. The grand Inquis
itor is fearful in the clarity of hi
cold intellect and the polish of his
sophistical argument. The weak, ug-
ly Dauphin and the coarse monk ar'
truly human, and so down the list.
The acting and its coordination is
worthy of this chronicle, which is to
be listed among the great plays.
MAGAZINES
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tional logic are in conflict because the
aoalyses on which the present logI-
cal system is founded are not exhaus-
tive and need revision.
Aaron Schaffer in "Ernst Toler-
A Product of the New Age," considers
the virtues and defects of two dramas
written by this German dramatist,
bots of which attack twentieth cen-
tury capitalis.
A number of book revicw.s rounds
out the quota of criticism.
The poetry of the issue varies from
imagist to orthodox, with greater fa-
vor going to the latter. Such well
niwn poets as ilaxwell Bodenh '.
::Marjorie Seiffert, and Elizaibeth J..
Coatsworth are represnted.
The only fictionis iat rasotin f
two fables by Cihekhov, "Deati of a
Government Clerk,"' and "An Enig-
matic 'omaan,"t'-delightful bits of
comedy. Jean Cutner Stephens, who
translated them, believes that the
semi-frivolous element in Russian lit-
erature has been neglected, and offers
these as an attempt to call attention
to this side of the Russians.
LEVES AMORES
Your kisses and the way you curl,
Delicious and distracting girl,
Into one's arms, and round about,
Inextricably in and out,
Twining luxriosly an twine
Thte clsping tangles tf the vine;
So loving to e loved, so gay
And greedy for our holiday;
Stong to enmbrace and long to kiss
And strettuous for the sharper bliss::
A little tossing sea of sighs,
Till the slow calm seal up your eyes.
And then how prettily you sleep!
You nestle close and let me keep
My straying fingers in the best
Of your warm, comfortable breast;
And as I dream, lying awake
Of sleep well wasted for your sake,
I feel the very pulse and heat
Of your young life-blood beat and
beat
With mine; and you are mine, my
sweet!
-Arthur Symons, "Poems."
SOURCE
If you are interested In sources,
you may be interested to read the
story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin in
an old volume (1685) entitled "Satan's
unvisibe World Discovered" by a
Mr. George Sinclair, professor of phil-
osophy and mathematics in the Uni-
versity of Glasgow. The story (Rela-
tion XXVII) is quoted in support of a
philosophical argument favoring
witchcraft which the author is trying
to advance agaitst unbelievers.aIn
cotmnection with thi sanme blist'BIck,C-j
wood's Magazine for September, 1817,
prints a copy of one of the first privi-
leges of copyright granted in England.
The "Author's Privilege" granted by
the Lords of Council follows:
APUD EDINBURG, VIGISSIMO
SEXT DIE FEBRUARY, 1685
T'ioLords of hi- Majestie's privy
council, faveing considered ane ad- I
ciress made to them by Master George since the invention of the submarine finishing the tale that I had started.
Sinclair, late professor of philosophie -He died in poverty. reading Morgan Robertson without
at the College of Glasgow, And Author Before Morgan Robertson died he And added to these gifts is the fact
of the book Intittulled Satan's Invis~ thouglt he had discovered the reason that he knows the sea of which he
ible Works Discovered, &. Doe hearby for his lack of success. Broken in writeknows it better than any author
prohibite and discharge, all persons spirit, with his once powerful frame that ever lived, with the exception of
whatsomever, from printing, reprint- weakened by diesease, he bowedt his Joseph Conrad. Conrad himself
ing, or importing into this kingdome, head in defeat and thinking long and claims that he is Morgan Robertson's
any copy or copies of the said book, !arnestly sought the solution to his inferior in the art of spinning sea
dureing the date heirof, without li- problems. In his own words he said, yarns.
tense of the Author or his Order, in- "-out of the jumble of thoughts We Americans, it would seem, have
dter the pain of confiscation thereof to came the answer in four clear cut a penchant for mistreating our men of
the said author, Iesydes what fur!de words-it is-I am a sailor." genius. But we find it. out sooner or
punishment we shall think fit to in- ut he was only partly right. Ie later and always do our best to recti-
flirt upon the tontraveeners. (Regist. was a. sailor right enough but he was fy our earlier errors. So Poe and
Sec. Sig.) also a writer. He had subtle. charm-I Whitman are today honored and sung,
oing humor, that keeps his reader con- they who died without being recog-
MORGAN ROBERTSON stantly chuckling. And toe had a nized. And so, perhaps, the day will
(Continued from Page Seven) gripping power-that once mad an come when Americans will be proud
solved a problem in mathematics and editor refuse a story because "-its of the sailor who was a writer-Mor-
physics that had troubled experts too powerful-." I never could stop gan Robertson.
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