Life — May 16, 1918 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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A Book of Poems IFE asked for an opinion from the best qualified person it could think of on “ Trackless Regions,” a new book of poems, by G. O. Warren, This is the reply: “It is an actual volume of true poetry; such a volume as cannot be made more than once or twice in a generation. So much goes to such a book—first the great spiritual adven- ture that so few souls dare; the search after the life which is not made of the dust; then the slow culture that takes generations to grow, for such delicate and exquisite perception of beauty comes only with many centuries of sensitive, trained minds; and then the great, unique feeling for non this matter of choosing the right word there is not a tone off pitch through- out the book. “T remembered something Mrs, Mey- nell, the poet, told me about herself and Francis Thompson, She said to him once, ‘My verse compared with yours is just moonlight unto sunlight, and he said, ‘Oh, no, as moonlight unto fireworks.’ Now these poems are as starlight unto sunlight—so detached from ordinary life, so rarified, so far up and, despite the outreaching human sympathy, so alien from the thought of average man. “There are bits of imagery quite worthy of Francis Thompson himself. Here is one: T dream that in Thy hidden battle-world Hang solemn bannered gleams of Hope unfurled— And, slaying Death and Sin, Men's souls like quivering piteous spears are hurled. I said worthy of Francis Thompson, but Milton himself could not reach any higher than that, nor give in an image a more gorgeous picture of the rushing down of the souls of men upon the hor- rors of life. “The first poem, ‘Poverty,’ is per- fect, only it should be called ‘ Riches,’ for it gives in a few lines the wealth of the mystic who wraps himself warm in the cloak of those who have ceased to suffer. Charles Dudley Warner told me once that ‘exquisite? was a word to he used only once or twice in a life- time, but it is the only word to apply W. L. Douglas learned how to design, draft and fit shoes, also gained valuable retail shoe store experience in Golden City, Colorado. ‘Copyright W.L.Douglas Shoe Co. imparts in a clear, wholesome Parte Sa et is So Medical Kocwledce 2 Haskacd Keowee 8 Yount Wemas Sel Han forviaien © Yome Vous re. “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” $3 $3084 $450 $5 $6 $7 &$Q W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the + bottom of every pair of shoes before they | leave the factory.* The value is guaranteed and | the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. ou can save money by wear- ing W. L. Douglas shoes. The best known shoes in the world. The quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more than 40 yearsex- , perience in making fine shoes. The smart stylesare the leaders in the fashion centres of America. They are made in a well- © Best ia the World equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., by $3 $2.50 $2 the highest paid, skilled thoemakers, ‘under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest deter- mination tomake the best shoes for the price that money can buy. The retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the price paid for them. )TION — Before you buy be sure WL. Douglas name and the retail price ia stamped on the bottom and the {n= side top facing. This ts your ont rig ‘against high prices for inferior shoes. BEWARE OF FRAUD, Sold by over 9000 shoe: é itores. If not conven- sk your loc ier for them, Takesoother booklet, showing tSordertho by mail, postage free. Vhs W. 1. DOUGLAS SHOE Co. 147 Spark St, Brockton, Mass: to the spirit, the art, the finish of these M.D. lovely gems. It is a book for the de- tached spirit to keep and use as prayer when the world presces too close and becomes harsh and vulgar. ‘Great Darkness’ is a wonderful gleam of truth, caught and given a final form. ht and Spring,’ too, is a gleam of life caught “The hook is wrought of starlight and dew and flame and has in it very little of the dust and clay of life. Only the rare spirit: will receive it, and only the traveled soul will hear the secret.” rackless. Re 3.0. Warren, Me ifiet ven rena Street, and . Green & Co, New York, comicbooks.com