Colossal Fake
Oil Chinese Life
Now Confessed
Memoirs of Li Hung Chang”
Reissued With Preface Ex
plaining That It Is Only
Fiction.
Of the making of books there is no
end, but in the annals of book print
ing it is rare that a publisher Is re
quired to admit that one of his prod
ucts is a "colossal forgery.” During
3 911 Houghton-Mifflin company
brought out "Memoirs of 'Ll Hung
Chang,” by \V. F. Mannix. In a re
print of the book by the same publish
ers the following explanation is of
fe-ed: “This book has now been re
issued for what it Is—a work of the
imagination—with an introduction by
liulpli D. Paine, sketching the strange
«arotr of its actual author."
Mr. Paine knew Mannix during a
fcerjod of years in the United States,
Cuba and In China. His 78-page
“Story of a Literary Forgery," which
precedes the reissue of the "Memoirs,”
is in itself a document of absorbing
interest. Mannix possessed a spark
of genius plus a streak of obliquity,
lie was uncommonly intelligent, ur
bane anil unabashed. "He was always
conveying the Impression that here
has a gifted man gone wrong for
lack of some moral ingredient that
had been inscrutably denied himY
Before the Houghton-Mifflin com
pany accepted the "Memoirs" in 1911
for publication, the manuscript was
approved by scholars, statesmen and
sinologue:.:. Mannix had no other con
nection with China than as a private
in the Ninth U. S. Infantry during
the It'iter campaign In 1900. While
serving a year in the Oahu county
jail at Honolulu, on a charge, of forg
ery. he obtained hooks, a typewriter
and a desk, and employed an amazing
imagination in the preparation of his
"Memoirs of Li Hung Chang." "A
piece of counterfeit interpretation so
liVitH'-intly successful that it seemed
to mivnr the mind of the great states
man of the orient and faithfully to re
flect his moods, motives anil actions
In his own words. There was some
ihing heroic In his diligence and the
magnitude and audacity of his con
ception, sweating day after day in
•he tropic Jail.” Mr. Paine adds that
he extraordinary talent of Mannix
had changed the texture of material
•ead in the Oahu Jail. Mannix ad
roitly expanded a mere suggestion: he
would borrow a fact here and there
and clothe it in the language of Li
Hung Chang; all with infinite pain
and finesse.
B. B. Drew of Boston, who served
JO years with the Chinese government
and was with Li Hung Chang during
his travels in the United States,
raised a large question mark when he
read "Memoirs." Mr. Paine wae as
signed by the publishers to the task
of determining the truth of the Man
nix book. Mr. Paine devoted eeveral
ears to the work and what he writes
in hs "Story of a Literary Forgery,"
offers interesting sidelights on the re
markable career of Mannix, beginning
in 1895 when Mannix was a corre
spondent during the Cuban revolution.
During that hectic period in Cuba.
Mannix, according to Paine, wrote a
series of brilliant articles to New York
and Philadelphia newspapers, pur
porting that he was riding with the
flying colors of Gomez and Maceo,
while in fact "He had agreeably
passed the time in the cafe of the
Hotel Mascotte In Havana, comfort
ably sprawled at a table, where he
concocted all these thrilling, persua
sive narratives of battles and forages
and marches.” For which reason,
Mannix was deported by the Spanish
captain-general of Cuba to the United
States. Mannix appealed to the State
department and his case was even
discussed in congress.
This may Vie accepted: Houghton
Mifflin company has turned a literary
forgery to a fine advantage by reis
suing it with Mr. Paine’s splendid
story.
Plays by Nebraska
Shew Genuine Merit
> • rHB LAST OF THE STROZZI" AND
"THE LORE." by Carotins Renfaw.
Moffat, Yarrl and Co., New York. 1923.
In these two plays, especially in the
first. Miss Carolyn Renfew has out
stripped the promise of her "Songs
of Hope” and proven herself a much
more effective dramatic poet than she
Is lyrist.
"The Last of the Strozzi” rings
with the true Elizabethan organ
tones, and abounds In the fertility
and felicity of wording which belongs
to that period. It is long, even for a
ftve-act Shakespearian drama, and It
la very uneven. But at Its best. It
Is the genuine article, both as poetry
and as tragic drama.
Miss Renfew has succeeded In keep
ing the love scenes between the
doomed Francesco and Marla, and the
lighter passages between the ardent
Cassio and the teasing Viola, In a
moonlit midsummer madness which Is
worthy of her originals. Again, in
the last terrible scene where the in
nocent Marla Is forced to drink
poison and writhes In agony at t1fc
feet of her bound and helpless lover.
Miss Renfew attains to an Intensity
of pity and horror which Inevitably
recalls Webster and Marlowe.
Too often Miss yRenfew's blank
verse halts, and sofnetlmes It stum
bles. A few random quotations, how
ever. will suggest Its Imaginative
power at its best.
Marts.
"Viols, such swrrt dreams do woo my
Thst sIMnr waking thoughts srs turnsd
tr» moat ....
Harmonious action; go, methlnk*. th#
morning
Hath hud of lata, tti happy dritmi. It
\v*a r*
So glad a mien.”
StreetI.
“Th* » longest men ar# but aa quivering
a ripen a,
W hen from th* hillside* of a lonely age.
Tilt. wiiKiH of memory avveep ovar them.’
Marin.
"The varly dawn im hut a rhlll companion.
Night with her hidden face la not mora
cold. . _
'Twaa her#* the black-browed aplrlta of
my dream*
Did bonr mf with malevolent delight
T.i ki,/(, In /mguleh on my murdered love.
The necond play in the book, “Th*
Isiiro," folia of a young artist, who
|ou\«n hi« country aweetheart to be
driven to tho verge of marineee by a
heartless beauty, but finally return*
and 1* nil rued to health by hi* first
love. It 1* n much lighter and If***
nmbitipuH piece of work, but it con
lain* Rome delightful pa**ngp*. not
ably the charming “Hon* and Dance
of the Goblin*,” with it* outdoor
fresh n eft* and witchery.
The book, by a Nebraska poet, 1*
one which Nebraskan* can well be.
proud j
Meiklejohn Writes Book on Clash
Between Freedom and Education
By PROFESSOR LEWIS L. Me
KIBBEN.
I NIVERNITY OF OMAHA.
Freedom end thr» Collcne." by Alexander
Midkeljohtv The Century Co., 1»2<S.
This is a book which I have not
the slightest hesitancy in recommend
ing very highly to any intelligent
American citizen interested in under
standing and in keeping in the van
of progress of American higher edu
cation. It is a collection of nine es
says and addresses written by the
late president of Amherst college. All
except one of them was written be
tween the time of the United States
entering into the great war and the
time when he was retired from the
president's chair.
When Alexander Meiklejohn writes
on the subject of "the teaching and
learning of Freedom" (p. ix), espec
ially as it bears on American colle
giate education, he writes "as one
having authority, and not as the
scribes and Pharisees.” He writes
with authority because he bears In
his own personality the scars of a
losing light to make an "Intelligent
....pursuit of freedom” the truly vi
tal motivating force behind all high
er education tbot It should be.
The "Amherst scandal” of last June
should perhaps be recalled here, for
the benefit of those of us who have
forgotten it—even as all. have now
ceased to remember the Japanese
earthquake. Now, one need hold no
brief for all of the administrative ac
tivities—including blunders, of course
—of President Meiklejohn, to say
with truth that the "scribes and
Pharisees" in his case were certain
trustees who opposed him. These in
cluded such men as Dwight Morrow,
class of 1895, a lawyer connected with
the firm of J. P. Morgan and com
pany; and a recent mushroom growth
—as regards national reputation—
known as Calvin Coolidge.
This may, on the face of it, seem
a sufficient reason to favor the reslg
i nation "by request" of the president
of one of America's greatest colleges
—at least the college has become so
within the last 11 years. My point,
however, Is that most of those trus
tees who were opposed to Meiklejohn
knew a great deal less about educa
tion than did he—a man who has
given his life to higher education.
Some of them would probably perish
if they could once;see his vision—
as one Is reputed to perish when he
sees the glory of God.
Melklejcfin, perhaps even some of
his enemits would admit, has been,
during the last eight or 10 years,
about the most significant college
president In the country. Until the
ax fell last June upon the newly
blossoming college life of Amherst,
he was making that college one
toward which all liberal .educators
were furtively casting their glances
of admiration and emulation. He
was making It a place where brilliant
minds were laying a premium on in
dependent thinking and courageoui
utterance, a place In which "freedom
of Inquiry” was ,welcomed—as It by
no means always Is In Institutions of
higher learning In America! 1 Many
of his utterances, seemingly radical
Books for Children
‘THE IRIQNOIS SCOUT." By Roy D.
Lange. Lothrop. Lea A Shepard Co.
Indian stories will never cease to
appeal to the youth of America. D.
Lange writes stories about Indians
for boys, and his books are of the
better type of Juvenile fiction. This
particular book has, aside from Its
interesting plot, an exceptional his
torical value.
"FOUR COUSINS." By Dlk.n Zwilsmsyrr
Translated by Rmlle Poulsson. Loth
rope. Lee A Shepard Co.
Four little girls, from widely sep
arated places In Europe, go to Nor
way to spend a year with their grand
mother, who had been finding life
lonely and dull. They succeed In
livening things up considerably, an<V
In enjoying themselves In quite an
animated fashion. The story Is quite
a charming one, and the girl readers
should get as much enjoyment out
of the affair as did the four cousins.
f I
at the time he made them, have since
become academic commonplaces, be
cause now so universally accepted.
In this book he discusses such
cogent problems as: “What Are Col
lege Oames For?" “The Theory of
the Liberal Coflege,” “The Unity of
the Curriculum,” "Reorganizing the
Curriculum.” His line of reasoning
is always clear and lucid, simple and
compelling. The tolerance, scholar
ship, and large vision of the man are
apparent on every page.
One striking passage seems es
pecially prophetic written in 1918):
"As Socrates in Flato's Euthydemus,
when told that in the process of be
coming wise a man must lose ltfs ig
norant life, offers himself for sacri
fice, so may the college do. A death
like that would be a noble ending, the
sort of ending from which many
splendid enterprises have sprung.”
(p. 227.) Melklejohn has, in a sense,
died to Amherst college—and another
man now reclines comfortably in the
president’s chair. Things run on as
usual. Wc( can only hope against
hope that some day a college would
rather die a noble death In the cause
of truth than to try to kill the liberal
vision of a large-minded administrator
—not mentioning college students
every year who ars expelled for pi®'1'
ing honest statements of their own
opinions. Witness, for example, the
University of Michigan. Surely the
day is not yet:
In speaking of college athletics, he
says—and it requires unusual cour
age, stramgely eflough!—what every
high school sopohomore knows to be
true, but what few college adminis
trators will admit: "Our athletic sit
uation is fundamentally dishonest."
(p. 75.) By this he means that while,
on the one hand, athletics is sup
posed to be an "outside activity," car
ried on for the pure joy of compete
tion, it is in reality a very highly
commercialized and often profession
alized activity of the college. It is
usuully fostered by administrations
because winning teaniH make the ad
ministrative machinery run more
smoothly.
The book is full of such lucid and
courageous analyses. And to those
who snivel and cry for more "con
structive criticism,” let us reply that
this book will not altogether disap
point them—for Meiklejohn was a
constructive force in Amherst college,
and his writings will continue to bear
fruit, even though the Pharisees have
done their best to kill him.
Children*
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Singing
Canaries
$5.50
I
Cake
Doughnuts
20c dozen
Toy land Is Open With Santa Claus in Charge
A Wholesale Stock of Toys at One-Third and One-Half
Oue of the largest wholesale concerns in this vicinity opened an extremely large and most complete stock of toys—not realizing the tre
mendous floor space this stock demanded and not having the necessary room—they decided to immediately dispose with the entire stock—
llayden Brothers Were Offered the Kirst Opportunity to Huy for Cash.
Buy These Toys Tomorrow at XA and XA Price
Wheel Good*
Doll*
Games
Toilet Set*
Traveling Set*
Boudoir Damp*
Ivory Finished Comb*
Brushes *.
Mirror*
I'erfine Bottles
< oaib and Brash Sets
foliar Bags, etc., etc.
Oar regular stock of these
lines %vere already pur
chased, so we most move
this great purchase at once.
This sale begins Saturdap
at one-third and one-halt
regular standard prices.
Kiddie Car*
Wagon*
Traction Toys
Veil O Taxi Cali*
Toy Block*
(•nine*
Toy Hishea
H lieelbarrowa
Toy Furniture
Kid Holla
Rubber Holla
Rama Holla
The K K Holla
Roll < aba
Tin Hlahea
ReohanJoal Toya
llorna, llarmonleaa
I‘Inn on
Laundry Seta
*l*oe t'ljs
Clack Hoard*
•< iittkora
DomlBOfa
> la tea
Sled a
« halra, •*(»*« etc.
•Onokm' Seta
Leather Gooda
I r.’Melintt f'timrM. etc., ete.
iwy wrpnrI-—r luur.
Nothing Nicer Than Good Furniture for Gifts
$15.00 genuine Tennessee
cedar chests; (PQ
copper trimmed, I tf
$5.00 foot stools in tape
stry, velour and damask
upholster- (PQ
ing. ipO.UU
$5.00 golden oak high
chalrs; strong- (PQ (TQ
ly built.
$2.00 mahogany finished
smoker stands (PI (Tfl
with glass trays,V-*-e*Jve
$37.50 mahogany spinet
desks. Very {Tfl
special at....
$25.00 mahogany finish 60
inch davenport tables. A
real value. (P"| H CQ
Special.
Eight-Piece Walnut
Dining Room Suite
It has been a long, long time since we could of
fer a beautiful Queen Ann Period dining room
suite like this. A special purchase from a man
ufacturer enables us to offer this unequalled
value. Consists of 60-inch buffet, all dust proof
45x60-ineh extension table, chairs upholstered in
genuine leather seats.
Regular $175 Value
$175.00
Davenport
Sure
$9750
Consists of large size
„ 1 liven port chair and
rocker in mulberry
velour and tapestry,
loose cushions, spring
1 dge; mahogany finish
legs; a wonder.
of Fine Dinnerware
VJlilS and China Are Nice
$35.00 Dinner Set, $24.98
100-Piece Pope Gosser china dinner sets; beautiful de
signs. Sendee for 12. Special. $24.98
$85.00 Dinner Set, $57.50
100-piece imported china dinner sets. Border patterns.
Special at.$57.50
Dinner Set
42-piece Haviland china dinner set; sendee for 6. Very
special at..........$17.98
Colored Glassware
A wonderful assortment of beautiful colored glassware
in pretty shapes. Handsome and useful as table decora
tions. Some have black stands. Included are footed
bowls, candle sticks, qompotes, footed bon bous, vases,
flower bowls and centerpieces.
50c Hand-painted Plates.25^
$5.00 Smoker Stands.$2.50
$3.00 Smoker Stands.$1.50
$2.00 Cut Glass Salt and Peppers; pair.75C
$2.98 Sendee Trays; large size; special.$1.50
Faarth Floor
Grover Shoes
Soft Shoes For Tender Feet
Nurses, teachers, mothers. 41 styles. Exclu
sive sale of Grover footwear.
An ideal Xmas srift for Mother. Every Mother wears
and approves of Grover Shoes.
Prince Albert
Side Gore
Low Heel
Grover Hand-turn
$3.95
High shoes; Grover
seamless lace;
low h e > 1, hari
turned sole; like
cut—
Hand-turned two
strap pump, rubber
heel. For street
wear. Grover qual
ity—
Remember mother with a pair of Grover
shoes. She will never forget them.
Felt Slippers
tiift suggestion for women ami children. '_’'J colors.
Wool felt, ribbon trimmed slippers; packed in QJT
Xmax boxes Mail orders filled at same price; pr.c/OC/
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Gift
Lamps
In a Special Sale
Monday
Floor Lamp
Attractive floor, junior
and bridge lamps; fin
ished In antique gold,
polychrome and mahog
any: fitted with fine tail
ored ellk and georgette
ehadoa; all wanted colors:
values to 135.00; com
plete at.
only .ePl.iJ.OU
Boudoir Lamps
Boudoir lamps in polychrome finish;
hexagon and round shades; shades
lined in rose, blue and QQ
gold. Values to $6.00; *U»wO
Monday Sales of
Underwear
Union Suits
Ladies’ supreme quality
union suits. Dutch neck,
elbow sleeves, ankle
Ieiuyth; lijrht fleece with
silk striped. Sizes 34 to 44.
Silk Chemise
Silk chemist
orchid, f 1 c s
a n d apricot
bodice t o p
Sizes 36 to 34.
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P :xed Jewelry
Priced As a
“Special” for!
Monday ]
Boxed Jewelry
Highest grade gold filled links, key
rings, bar pins: many PA
other items; very special OUv
Boxed Jewelry
Velvet bos; gold filled euff links,
baby lockets and chains, bar pins
enameled links. Many AA
other items; very special^ I •UU
Gift Suggestions Are Numerous in the Hardware Section, Downstairs
Electric Toasters
High - grad'’
nlrka! plating;
clamant gnnc
antacd for unt
year; with ti
ff. cord and all
a t t achmenta.
H • iuiarly
$3. DO. Bpaclfl
Monday— 0
$2.88.
lion ttftfnlr*
Canister Sets
Flour, sugar, coffer, tea. Keg
ulnrly $1,00; special Monday, Ut/L
Bird Cages
Famous “Hendryx" bird cages. Ivory
enamel, 12*2 inches diameter with
enamel wire seed guard. (lO
Special for Monday.tpO*«fO
§
Boys’ Wagons 4%
Regular $10.50. Steel
>\ heels, roller bearing1
rubber tires. Spe*
einl for Monday —
$8.00
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