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BOOKS

JAMES STEPHENS,

A GREAT IRISH PROSE

MASTER.

.:

James Joyee is plestreno

"European

EPITAPH.

ON A WRITER OF.

PLAYS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

(Which may be found some- where in England about, A.D. 2195.)

THE LITERARY UNDERTAKER,

ATTENDS THE CONRAD SALE AS AN ADMIRER."

One of the most interesting per salities at the sale of meniscripts and books from the library of Joseph Canad, held at Chancery Stop, passer-by, and read, then by Messrs. Hodgson und

epitaph,

he chose,

ין

He sneered at English folk, and

mocked their ways,"

Yet took the rush they paid to see

his plays.

Co,, was an old bearded man in a bowler hat green with age,

ROBEYISMS FOR THE FIRESIDE.

À PRINUE" OF STAGE MIRTH.

SATURDAY," "MAY 9, 1925.

BOOK EXTRACTS.

FROM. THE BOOBY

PRIZE.

Last year

KING EDWARD.

"In the Prince's swial - milieu there prevailed the bending principla of "ou unle ́es, sed qui sis"--""> Osic told me that he worked man's individuality counts for more Mr. George Robey" continues to

High birth, and to the gaiety of the nation, hot in his father's glove factory. "Foor than his origin.

comedian of suique old dad, be said in his school while it was amply represented, only as

or, but also as a writer whose English, he loves that factory. It

gave in itself no title to admission. en drips wholesome fun and is the apple of his eye. amusement.

he gave the workers an archery ita representatives were judged by You may open his latest volume, outfit, and they've been very decent the standards which were applicable. "Mental Fireworks" (John Long, about it. Every now and then to persons of humbler lineage. The Of one who entised his fellowmen

He is a literary enthusiast as well to laugh..

102 sundertaker and upholsterer, 2 d.) at my page with the car they twang the bow a litsio and the Prince loved "good company." He

deliciously chl gentionman's terribly pleased.* **| That he resembled Shakespeare and often drops into auction rooms tainty of tinting a

he would boast,'

with a hammer in his band aid a fanny story. Judged by the standardhe Booby Prize, by L. W.valued in bis companions, the easy see of the strictest veracity there are Westbrook. (Simpkin), 6s. wit and gaiety of which he himself Of all his jokes this made us carpet bug under his arm to

what he cat pick" up. He did not rasional lapses, and the autobio- ".

had no luck. His ears were never laugh the most,

NIGHT-CLUB LIFE. bud; he told a newspaper representa-gphy-it it is autobiography-is England, detested. for his homeve that he attended as an admirer perhaps not the kind which would Nothing in this modern life of closed to a good story. He enjoyed or occasion claff and levity. With of Conrad and his works, and go down with a judge in a court of ours," said Mr. Hammond, is more That he might write in hatefuletions, as to the result of the Robey tails all the significant than the attitude of the asceticism or prudery he was out

stories in the first person singular, good and respectable towards Sun-of sympathy. Priggishness English prose.

muction

He was to tho, fore all the time, and if everything he has set down day evening. Places like this snobbish vanity was intolerable to as a yawning bey ratio between happens to him in private life he night club ure the signs of the

hin Easy of access, he did not. His dealers and handed round, the mist Inde a very variegated and change that has taken place in the

view, exciting existence.

life of the English (aily. Twenty stand obstrusively on his dignity. much-corrected MSS. Br

But though there is laugh in years ago a man of my decent Yet he expected from his associatos while the auctioneer, conxed furth when at last; he bowed to be the sale, sunguted by every page there is also some very stodginess and unblemished reputa certain deferenet. lle set store Nature's law,

sound!" philosophy sandwiched, he, tion would never live dreamed of e orders of Mrs. Caiurid, Wass ja

by goot taste in dress, while his man was found to take the very good one, the sum of 41,801tween the jokes.

insistence on all the regulations of place of Shaw.

being realised.

official costure was a conspicuous

Bile Tamilarity foible. neglect of sartorial convention he free. There would have been could rebuke with a freezing inst fentia or biting scorn. Thosa supper, consisting of rather red cold | who ad justly perkon themselves beef, rather wet Sadick.cok chummy his friends, weil kuw how to com- apple pie, blanemunge, and a very bine simething of his own frank big, very yellow cheese. This would ordiality with a becoming respect. have been followed by lymus in the for his rink and hogyneruses. Cook Perkasand Tweeny drawing-room-or possibly, if our views Were le las by brenkkienki dongly.

round-game played with would be hard to say. I pencils and pieces of paper.. jandiland, ["whether life within The Exet $100

um here. donas on fife wedont presente ) and strongly tempted to drop u guyver perils. Cong into the "sarding on the head of tħas baldigeng Streets with, me and let us key teman down below, is due to what what awaits you there.

they call the March of Progress. saking higuratively," added Bill the Conquerer, by F. G. hurriedly, observing that Cook Wodehouse; (Afetluen). 78. Bá and Tweeney had risen. Should wa yenture to take a tram, this tram y pollide with another

The are the av indubitably ongmal and grial prose masters of the generation in Anglo-Irish,

To comple sheir munes The Ish erary revival ambientare, given the world castinguished pass kas ant to inviff, omilieing runtrasts; and data and that chapter any then withas complementary Anglo-Irish literature was amiss if expostos, of F But

PR 1 Colung res elusul, before wa waiters emergent | chancfort wixs were to do for turrative preservently rant, Stephens Ins brought Whaak bad dready been done mit ut literature the fundamental No

the whimsten, poetry by W. B. Seats and E., and pareix of lus rare, in the thenke by J. M. Sy ogé humorous magnation, which is different on the dreary and 'anhuic, dedim. These two writers were Junes Stephens and bonery usually called Irishe" The dates doyes that James Joyen, Falls born in 1. famour.

adamyers of element is abrost completely lack. Ast several augeamus James Pasco have stolyog a dimony. fiat Misanthar oba" Ulysses", WA presents the internre of Young Ireland, and that does Sheplenish belongs to the generation of Yeates, a few bodegraphical boots may be usefully considered.

Ing.

CH. IN THE “OUTLOOK."

150 FOR THE TABE."

The particular prize was the original logryph MS. of "The Tule, on 18 fofo sheets, mostly in typescript, bas heavily corrected in Mr. Conrad's writing. This was knocked down to Mesers, Galloway and Porter, the Cambridge hook- vollers, for $130.

that while others have scapes at the realin of, funcy Wstyd much nee, in deneniging rexen in x rệnhstic p sa Bing as that what they call the obscenny" of | of "The Charsomno's Puughure," Dysses," Arish criticiser com This is imagination tas been

Amorin is to live the typescrjit plans catter of the in delberate starred in the old frishi legendary

ampullished article, The suppression from that otherwise Flore, net as other translators and for marvellous chronicle of Pabbi ofarfapter ive heren stirred, but in alighted Finest," in which Courad Mboughts and famous nulterant poy of life, Pechuje a propad Kinship of spirit. And describes his North Sew trip in so de has been aburbed in that M on a mystery ship, including. as prose writers. they beg, not a rish reader can even know

vivich erint elmi fo" wild fiction, but wil pesiaran meticulously, how maneglous- work of Gaelic wonder, from which a Joyee's Chamber Music appeared" and spot of i have rome "Bende in the loween a Zeppelin and a driller. ltin't Tra "rendered?" Tanch of Youth, andykis unjustly" This was stopped up by. Messest by

Fresh Fairy Tales, Suger and Swit, the American My love, in 1A Bertran of the neglected

Berary agents, for 286,

-;

Gi vols.

THA

A Features of the manuscript was,

in the words of the catalogue, the pamortis„ilterations in the hand of the author,

PEN AND COMMON SENSE, In one of these delightful flights, of fanny; Big Worth Living?" puts before his assembled house hold the blessings of insurance:

"It is my duty to remind you that kifeli huflers, live been known to explode, step-ladilers do rullipse, widow sashes, to break-in short, popatless dan gors lark around is at every;

in 1907, and "asurohous James Stepheran, mas 1:00

& barwood Act" and "lesses mod why Flex two toners are the beginning 1012

therelve, some by legitimately res; of a series of liviovolumes he wh Paughter, known an America

Mary, Mary and to the same pach the audio with haing Stephon has set out in give us an The tas Capittel just what makes his picture frish Arabs at Nights. Send volume

met die of those figures of the The Hill of Arion," and "The stonjerfectjoti, Crock of dipld" The Tak that' Equally it must be insisted Plast, Device age, of Deirdre, Naisi, e "The fun of the Two Witches :

of the rails. Should we thed his napet BY BBP Whe Jaines Stephens supplies the Couchoiter and the others, from Finck there were alterations

seheel the mat w-bne, again, who The Demitiorumphauryaliteet, that is missing on douce, he pogny habos mat of legend into fand corrections on every page, ban

hulli say Hurt it will not crash inert by any means agrotter living creatures of his own imagina- Poore jaolaje in the lnted all of tirman that saves Minest

against her vehicles, or fase -multuariamusly appendist James Thornet denguding only the more tive blankan lane is a remagkable, the stary,

whorl or skid and overturn? On It was a denleis' sale, and the From that wing aspects of bush tube. "His¦ and it may fox, his supremne achieve.

the other hand, we may prefer to wink of an eve. The fick fa point, the biblographies of both pantry alone is caliënt to shượwment.

go on foot.

Even so, denth Hes In versigton, his skill as an incatafogde, and the casual not save writers criticide, aulas dovre ust how richly and charactéristenlly, he

in wait for es at every step." Stephens have written oud at angge endowid with that streak of hoshi terpreter of the Snelie spirit (is) da Shillings menun into, pounds in There were good steady

Excellent fooling, and yet sound identical is rxperience and krishi | itsillusionment which is deep in the testdied by the fact that those who seconds.

With a little im- If he is not have heard him during his lecture ¦ prices for a wide range of presenta upon senso. dite, as all their formative years and ↑ Trisle temperament,

teaty its Anierica have been most tim books signed by the authors agination one may hear Mr. Robey formative influences "were centered | actindly, Putal, he shows, nevers in flat same Dublin, those who catheless, that incapacity for self- enchanted by his versions of David is tribute to Comad, but the pur saving, these things in his famous se a perspective the,hterature of deceptions which often prompts a QBmadair. Antoine O'Raftery and elusers were the quiet men who stuccate manner, with raised eye It is humour broadenst in te brutal statement, But Keating, and by his poems based handle books cominerefully, "and" brows. which much is an integral part will | writee

They are his not the devoted admirers of the the most agreeable manner the dismiss the notions sellously | essentially "li- genins "is portie and on frich modis.

of old Frishman, such as the literary under-reak Roliy of the footlights for the federed fist James, Stephens is fantastic he does it attempt to Reincurnations"

freside or the railway journey. taker. local" Inch storyteller, wingeas express finiself as a realist, and

&

testing,

|

moving out of his hone on Sunday night,

Twenty years ago 1 would have spem the concluding hours of the Sabbath surrounded by my loved ones beneath my own roof-

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A WONDER,

The Life of King Edward VII. by Sir Shosay Lan]

ESSAYS AND ARTICLES.

Mr. K. Chesteriona at. the Lamb Centenary dinner said he was

on essayist. "I write articles,** In continued, and a profound schien of hatred divides those who write essays froth those who, write “Arnold Bennett is Wonder in a ¦ articles, The essayist "inhabita billy cock, Komative with an exime-, eternity, but the writer of articles sidh ticket to hoydon. Le novel is very piplatically under the gov- after novel, is is this Mr. Bennett, erment of time."

Anyone who with his humour and high spirits, read the English essays would find who entries of the situation; he in them material for hundreds of as only to take us into a big hobel speculative philosophic notions, said resturant or the Turkish Baths, Aty. Chesterton... The art of found- und the trick is done and we are ing new movements consisted in all excited, interested or used taking a paragraph from Lamb, again, all stepping out of King's Hazlitt, or De Quincey, sepanting Cross or St. Pancras still grasping it from its context, dividing it from If one liked, one might the return half of our tickets, trying common sense, and changing it inta to look like persons who knew what "manis. is what and are not to be trifed make such things into a fad and with, grea city or no great city." found on American church, but if Figures in Modern Literature, by one was wise one would read the J. B. Priestley. (John Lane). 78, 6d.

Joy po zunqi'pire Lasso

TO-DAY TILL

WEDNESDAY

at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

COLOSSAL PICTURIZATION OF THE MOST FAMOUS

NOVEL IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

"VANITY FAIR

P

with

MABEL BALLIN, HOBART BOSWORTH, and A

BRILLIANT CAST

TAKE A LESSON FROM

THIS

LADY.

SHE NEVER LET HER RIGHT HAND KNOW THAT SOME. ONE ELSE WAS HOLDING THE LEFT, SHE ONLY TOLD A LIE WHEN IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. FIGURED THAT .ኣ. DOUBTFUL

REPUTATION

SHE

SHE

WAS WHEN THE

ALWAYS

BETTER THAN NO REPUTATION AT ALL. NEIGHBOUR

קול!

GOSSI RAN OUT

FURNISHED MORE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES. BECKY SHARP ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING FIGURES OF BEAUTY AND MYSTÉRY THAT EVER STEPPED OUT OF THE PAGES OF ROMANCE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THACKERAY'S FAMOUS NOVEL A THRILLING, HUMAN, LOVABLE STORY OF REAL PEOPLE THAT HAS ENTERTAINED MILLIONS OF READERS.

NOW YOU CAN SEE THIS ABSORBING STORY ON THE SCREEN

BEAUTIFUL A GORGEOUS, DARING, PHOTOPLAY PRODUCTION.

IN

WE CAN ONLY SAY THAT TO MISS IT IS TO

MISS A REAL TREAT.

WORLD THEATRE

SCREENLAND

VANITY FAIR.”

"THE ELEVENTH HOUR."

a time and worthy production, which ranks right along with the other big productions made by

During the making of "The Goldwyn The Christian," "The Strangers' Banquet" and "Tess of Eleventh Hour," the William Fox The cos-screen production adapted from the D'Urbervilles." tumes are historically correct and Lincoln J. Carter's melodrama, are a most attractive feature of

soun to be played at the World the pictorial ensemble. Several magnificent sets were built under Theatre, the element of danger the direction of Cedric Gibbons, was one of the most perplexing The with which the producers had to Goldwyn's art director. photoplay has a distinctive pic deal. How to reduce this to a torial effect due to the compoxi- tion and lighting arrangements, stantly facing Director Durning Mr. Ballin was a painter of pro- minence before becoming a film and the co-stars, Charles Jones and Shirley Mason. One instance director and he brings to his new

of the thoroughness of prepara- calling all the training and ex-

tion preceded the shooting of perience of his painting days Jones and Miss, Muson through distinct advantage, for the films the torpedo tubes of a disabled share some of the attributes, of the painter's art..

Goldwyn aided Mr. Ballin in obtaining the services of many of the best known screen actors of the day for his picturization of "Vanly Fair." Hobart Bosworth. now under contract to Goldwyn and who had just appeared in the Marshal Neilan

minimum was a problem con-

an

submarine. They passed Lentire week studying the mechan- ism of this death dealing device of the under-water craft:

The new screen version of "Vanity Fair," produced by Hugo Ballin for Goldwyn release, with Mabel Ballin starred in the role of Becky Sharp, marks a mile- stone in the faithful translation to the screen of a great novelist's story. Mr. Ballin made the screen script himself and at all times kept close to the original story. He felt that as "Vanity Fair is one of the glories not alone of English, but of world literature th... it should be told on the screen as nearly as possible like the story narrated in the apvel. So that when "Vanity Fair" is shown at the World Theatre to-day for a 5-tny show ing, the public may rest satisfied that it is going to see Thackeray's masterpiece as he told it and not

The air pressure gauges had to a garbled version with stunts and

be properly watched so that their spectacles which it never occurred

Bodies would be completely dis to the author to interpolate.

charged into the water and not This does not mean that Mr.

caught in the tubes; the elevation film version of the prow of the boat had to be Ballin's production of "Vanity Fair" is not a big production; for of "The Strangers" Banquet." is adjusted exactly; all the manifold cast for the role of the Marquis of wheels, handles and levers had to it his physical bigness as well as ngtistic greatness. The big ball Steyne, a part which he has play-be in perfect condition.

In such a stunt there could be scene in Brussels on the eve of the ed on the speaking stage with battle of Waterloo is one of the great success. His characteriza- no rehearsals. The first attempt finest scenes of its kind ever tion of the role in this photoplay had to be successful. Due to the terrific concussion the two stars translated to the screen. And the is of unusual brilliance.

There are many other import-came to the surface of the water Waterloo battle episodes are of a spectacular nature. The pro-ant players in the cast: George so dazed that had it not been for ducer has stressed clear through Walsh as Rawdon Crawley, Earle the nearness of one or two expert Foxe as Capt. William Dobbin, swinimera, "The Eleventh Hour" photoplay, however, the

Harrison Ford as George would have been their last human side of the story and the various characters involved.

Osborne, Wilard-Louis as Joseph picture: ..

Before they were shot through Becky Sharp, the scheming Sedley, William Humphreys as little minx who flatters men and Mr. Sedley, Robert Mack, as Sir the tubes heavy padding was lies and cheats, dominates the Pitt Crawley, James Marcus as placed against the soles of their film version as she did the novel Old Osborne, Eleanor Boardman feet to take up" some of the Mabel Ballin, charming screen

as Amelia Sedley, Laura La tremendous concussion that was star who has risen rapidly to a. Varnie. as Miss Sedley, Otto necessary to force them through. dominating position in the film Lederer, Frank Hayes and a score the greased tubes. However, before the two stars rose to the world, plays the role of Becky, of others. In nothing that she has ever done

surface of the water they were. preceded by a volume of oil forced out by their bodies,

The

i

This new screen version, of in pictures has she been so come Vanity Fair, taking it by and pletely mistress of the art of act-large, is one of the film events of ing Her Backge Sharpeliver the year his story bile netThe first to come to the surface ☀

"might have stepped out of the pages of the book," as the phrase is. She gives a brilliant perform Fance which will give her new

rank in her profession.

Goldwyn put all of its studio and technical resources at the command of Mr. Ballin so that his Vanity Fair" is in evory respect

been put upon the screen for more was the slim little Miss MaEON, than ten years in which time bedraggled; pale, and exhausted. there has been a great improve In another moment came the ment in the mechanical processes curly-haired head of Charles by which pictures are made, in Jones, enveloped in oil bubbles; the motion picture camera and in but who immediately struck out projection machinery at an for the girl whose strength was Of course he. great story magnificently trans- fast ebbing. rescued ber. lated to the screen.***

COMING!

COMING!

THE GREATEST MELODRAMA EVER SEEN MYSTERY! INTRIGUE! ROMANCE!

IT HAS THEM ALL AND THE THRILLS OF A THOUSAND PICTURES PACKED INTO ONE?

WILLIAM FOX presents

"THE ELEVENTH HOUR"

With Charles Jones, Shirley Mason, June Elvidgo, Alan Halo and a Great Cast...

/10

William Tox

presents

Each Speeding Moment Packed with Suspense

The ELEVENTH

An up-to-the

minute melodrama LINCOLN J. CARTER

HOUR

CHARLES JONES ~ SHIRLEY MASON BERNARD JOURNING fraction ~Scrmcore by Lovis Sursowria ELEVEN REASONS WHY THE PUBLIC WILL BE SWEPT OFF ITS FEET BY "THE ELEVENTH HOUR"; Because:~~~ 1. The Eleventh Hour" has the shock of thunder-the

speed of lightning-the mystery of nature!

2. It will stand out from the background of ordinary film's! 3: Its suspense will aurapture the senses quicken the pulsa ! 4. Its adventure will captivate the old and the young alike!

5. Its mystory will inflame the Imagination-charming it

6. Is intrigue will astound anybody!·

7. Its conspiracy will alarm everybody!

8. The public is begging to be thrilled!

9.

Charles Jones

ics and Shirley Mason are magbla

10. Bernard J: Durfing directed it better than any of its

predecessors!

11. Lincoln J. Canter gave it the best most successful he

Fever wrote la

-Watch For Its Opening Date! WORLD THEATRE.