Railroad). I do not approve of the late hours at which the evening entertainments often close. Never was any one more ungrateful than I for the favor of having my child entertained for me. TH HE third objection is much more vital. The worst lesson in the world for the young is the idea that constant entertainment is a necessity. If schools are what they claim to be-a preparation for life-they can do no greater service than to teach their pupils how to entertain themselves, how to develop their own resources, how to make themselves independent of other people and other things. Instead of that, they are developing the idea that companionship and a planned program of amusement is an essential, that there must be "something doing" every moment of the waking day. A poor preparation for this earthly existence which offers so many days that are dull, stupid, and spiritless to the unresourceful. As the schools are conducted now they are satisfying no one. The teachers are too overworked with their thousand and one duties; the parents are jealously feeling that too much is being taken out of their hands. And the young people, for whom all these things are being done, are the least satisfied of all. They have no time to themselves. Between enforced work and enforced play they have no freedom-no time for that blessed idleness, that liberty, that is real rest. They have recreation, but no re-creation. "Why don't you ever leave me do anything without being 'let'?" said a five-year-old child I know to his mother. And that is the way the high school pupils feel. It is far easier to grumble than to suggest an improvement, and I am no educator. But, from the point of view of a mother who sees in her family life some of the results of the present preparatory school system, I would offer the plan of more real work and more real freedom. As far as my own children are concerned, I would like them to have the actual study, unpadded, and with as little help as possible. I would like to have them learn to work for the "joy of the working," without reward or sugarcoating or boosting. And after the work is over I want them to play, away from the schoolhouse and their teachers, in the fresh air, with no Miss Havisham in sight. In the words of the immortal "Pinafore:" We stand to our guns all day. When at anchor we ride on the Portsmouth tide We have plenty of time to play. And that is as it should be. Otto the Magnificent (Continued from page 387) ingredients of one of the best antidotes against Bolshevism." I have not yet disentangled every one of the motives from the cluster, nor expatiated upon motives which are none the less potent for not being acknowledged, such as vanity. That he feels a certain unease concerning economic inequalities already has been indicated. But he seeks also personal vindication. As representative of wealth, Otto H. Kahn wishes to give Divinity a better impression of millionaires than is implied in Wilde's saying, "God shows what he thinks of wealth by the people on whom he bestows it." Mr. Kahn himself acknowledges that wealth has been lavished upon so many individuals that mere possession of a fortune long has ceased to be a mark of distinction. He calls the dollar an instrument, a token of achievement merely, and says that rich men who are merely rich are sadly lacking in what art collectors call He has alluded to "scarcity value." "the enlightened selfishness of those who can afford to give," by which he means that in giving he not only confers benefits, but also derives them. By fostering the arts and by seeking to understand and to enjoy their freshest expression, he believes he has succeeded in keeping his appreciations supple. During the interview he referred to his love of the arts as giving his spirit something of the refreshing and renewing quality which a bath confers on the body. It is obvious that he relishes life and art, which is as much a part of life as is the acquisiton of a fortune. In the quotation from Walter Pater's "The Renaissance" which he quotes in his book Mr. Kahn provides yet another clue to his motivation: "We have an interval, and then our place knows us no more. . . . Our one chance lies in expanding that interval, in getting as many pulsations as possible into the given time." Otto H. Kahn is seeking through his manifold activities to obtain the fruits of "a quickened, multiplied consciousness." Meaning, in our modern parlance, that there is more than one way of getting a kick out of life. His service to human beings has been enormous, his contribution to art perhaps secondary. Were he concerned primarily with the satisfaction of vanity, he could have purchased this satisfaction at a lower price than is entailed by his patronage. At the least, he has indicated the way that might be followed by some other equally wealthy man who has acquired a more sure, an independent, footing in the realm of art. ! DINBURGH. Mrs. Ross, 69-71 LeamingtonTerrace. Select boarding establishment. Central. Every home comfort. Details, bookings, direct or Outlook Travel Bureau. Maine DRIFTWOOD Bailey Island, Maine Beautifully located overlooking the ocean. June 23 to October 1. Mrs. N. C. STONE. THE HOMESTEAD Twenty-sixth season opens June 15 BAILEY ISLAND, MAINE Illustrated booklet and rates on request. YORK CAMPS, Loon Lake RANGELEY, MAINE. Individual cabins, fireplaces, baths, central dining-room, heart of mountains and lakes. Garage, tennis, golf near by, fishing, saddle horses. MAINE Why not spend your summer in the country on the open ocean? Rates $16, $18. 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(For other Classified Advertisements see next page) Connecticut SPECIAL REAL ESTATE SECTION Massachusetts FOR SALE HINGHAM, Mass. 17 Miles from Boston on South Shore Attractive estate for year-round residence; urban facilities and country joys with Colo nial atmosphere in historic town. The house ged with fireplaces, hot-water heat, gas, Address Owner, P. O. Box 64, Hingham, Mass. New Hampshire $3,500 In Southern New Hampshire One and a half story house, 8 rooms, and barn, built 1840, on village green; partially fur nished, 4 post beds; open fireplace, furnace, land, also 40-acre wood lot. About 30 mi. from The Faith of the Scientist (Continued from page 388) experiment is harmful, since it deludes. It seems reasonable, to the scientist at least, to believe that all natural phenomena have meaning. But he cannot prove it, or he would have done so ere this, if for no other reason than to save himself the handicaps imposed on his activities by those who disagree. The fourth article of faith is a belief in man's intelligence. The scientist must have faith in man's ability to probe the infinite, and by probing to approximate the truth. He must assume that the human intelligence, at its highest level, is really capable of thinking straight, of reasoning from effect to cause. He must take it for granted that the most capable human minds are able to draw correct inferences, providing that sufficient data are available. And yet at this point he must make an admission which the fanatic and the ignoramus consider highly damaging to science. He must grant that the absolute truth can never be attained, because nature's laws are not written down. They are indicated by facts, and he can never be sure he has a sufficient number of the vital facts to interpret them correctly. FURTHERMORE, have questioned man's ability to reason correctly. Therefore we must admit that our confidence in any man's ability to draw the correct set of inferences from any complete set of phenomena is based on faith, pure faith, and nothing else. The scientist does not deal with the question of purpose. Science is con cerned with processes, and not with purposes. No scientist can say what the purpose of the universe may be, or even whether there be any purpose to the universe, or to any given set of phenomena within it. Such would be presumption altogether unscientific. These matters belong to philosophy and religion. Finally, there is the last and most inspiring article in the creed. The scientist believes that the nearest approximation to the truth which is possible can do no harm to any rational human being. Any less than this is unworthy of him. He believes that man's destiny, if man have a destiny, can best be fulfilled by groping forward in the half-light shed by science. His faith in science makes him certain that, even though he never reached the Truth, this is better than to crouch in his ancestral cave, overwhelmed by the darkness of ancient superstition and unreasoning prejudice. But that farmer would have lost his faith in science if I had told him this. The Movies (See page 390) It's a "The Man Who Laughs."-An impressive, entertaining picture. and some "Abie's Irish Rose."-Just like the play. system. "Across to Singapore."-Ramon Novarro Ernest Torrence pulling nautical rough stuff. "The Big City."-Lon Chaney using his regular face. "The Big Noise."-Chester Conklin and pretty biting satire. "Burning Daylight."-Won't set fire to anything. "The Chaser."-Harry Langdon scores a miss. "Chicago.”—Just like the play-this is praise. "The Circus."-If you don't like Chaplin, you're the funny one. "The Crowd."-A sad story, beautifully directed. "Dawn."-The soul-stirring drama of Edith Cavell. "Doomsday."-Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear! "Dressed to Kill."-The ace of the crook plays. "The Drag Net."-Don't ask us why you'll like it-go and see it. "Drums of Love."-Pomp, pathos, and Lionel Barrymore. "The End of St. Petersburg."-Startlingly fine Russian production. "Fazil."-Charles Farrell and Greta Nissen in something terribly phony. "Four Sons."-It's a fine film, but too long. "Fools for Luck."-Chester Conklin and W. C. Fields-but the verdict is "No." "The Gaucho."-No one is perfect-not Douglas Fairbanks. even "Glorious Betsy."-The second talking movie. Still not good enough. "Hangman's House."-Swell photography, good direction, and good acting. "The Jazz Singer."-Al Jolson sings, and that's all. "Kentucky Courage."-A successor to "Tol'able David," with Richard Barthelmess. "The Last Command."-The great Jannings. See it. "The Last Moment."-Good photography, but little else. "The Legion of the Condemned."-The so-called sequel to "Wings." Recom "Love."-Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. mended. "A Night of Mystery."-Adolphe Menjou-just fair. "Mother Machree."-A nice, mushy Irish-Ameri can drama. "The News Parade."-The cameraman and his adventures. Pleasant enough. "The Noose."-A moderately absorbing film, with Richard Barthelmess, Alice Joyce, and Montague Love. "Partners in Crime."-Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in a darned good comedy. "The Patsy."-King Vidor directs Marion Davies, to the credit of neither. "Ramona."-Scenically beautiful, but pretty syr upy. "Red Hair."-Clara Bow in her big disrobing act. "Sadie Thompson."-Gloria Swanson trying hard. "The Secret Hour."-Pola Negri in a good picture. "Shooting Stars."-Don't bother. "Simba."-The Martin Johnson masterpiece. "Skyscraper."-Thoroughly enjoyable. "The Smart Set."-William Haines at his worst. "Something Always Happens."-An amusing little thriller, with the ornamental Esther Ralston. "Speedy."-You can't go wrong on Harold Lloyd. "Stand and Deliver."-Rod La Rocque in one of those things. "Steamboat Bill, Jr."-Buster Keaton in a really funny one. "The Strange Case of Captain Ramper."-Out of the ordinary. "Street Angel."-A beautiful, tiresome picture. "The Street of Sin."-Regardless of Emil Jannings, we thought it was terrible. "Sunrise."-Dr. Murnau's supreme achievement. "Tempest."-John Barrymore comes into his own. Cheers! "Tenderloin.”—The first (and worst) talking movie. "Three Sinners."-Pola Negri in a bad picture. "The Trail of '98."-The grandest scenes now on view. "The Triumph of The Rat."-Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in a British effort. "Two Lovers."-Last of the Colman-Bankys. In teresting. "We Americans."-Mediocre melting-pot stuff. "Wings."-The great epic of the war-birds. THE OUTLOOK, July 11, 1928. Volume 149, Number 11. Published weekly by The Outlook Company at 120 East 16th Street, New York, N. Y. Subscription price $5.00 a year. Single copies 15 cents each. Foreign subscriptions to countries in the postal Union, $6.56. Entered as second-class matter, July 21, 1893, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., and December 1, 1926, at the Post Office at Dunellen, N. J.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1928, by The Outlook Company. From Publisher To You WE print in this issue the reports from Houston by our special correspondents, Mr. Merritt and Mr. Pringle, and on another page our ideas on Governor Smith as the Democratic nominee. To our mind, the Convention itself was productive of at least two excellent illustrations of, first, How to Do It, and, second, How Not to Do It. We refer to Claude Bowers's keynote tirade and Franklin Roosevelt's speech placing Governor Smith in nomination. IF any one thing, in our estimation, could hurt the Democrats' chances of election, it would be Mr. Bowers's socalled denunciation-with its clumsy attempts to drag in Hamilton and Jefferson at every opportunity. Granting the fundamental truth in many of his statements, we still wish Mr. Bowers had forgotten his book before he attempted to make the Democratic keynote his epilogue. WHEN we finished reading it, we were reminded of a deathless poem which a bucolic friend of ours once wrote commemorating other events. After banging the customary cymbals and drums, he wrote: Fling out the banner far, For if you flung it out too far, That's the way Mr. Bowers's effort struck us. NOT so with Mr. Roosevelt. Friend and foe alike, we think, will agree that few finer tributes have ever been paid any public man than the former Secretary of the Navy's sincere and moving characterization of New York's Governor. A man who can command support of this character, be he Republican or Democrat, is fortunate in his friends and deserves well of his countrymen. IF Mr. Roosevelt's picture of the Democratic nominee is not an idealization, the country cannot lose, no matter which party wins. Francis Profers Bellamy The Faith of the Scientist (Continued from page 388) experiment is harmful, since it deludes. It seems reasonable, to the scientist at least, to believe that all natural phenomena have meaning. But he cannot prove it, or he would have done so ere this, if for no other reason than to save himself the handicaps imposed on his activities by those who disagree. The fourth article of faith is a belief in man's intelligence. The scientist must have faith in man's ability to probe the infinite, and by probing to approximate the truth. He must assume that the human intelligence, at its highest level, is really capable of thinking straight, of reasoning from effect to cause. He must take it for granted that the most capable human minds are able to draw correct inferences, providing that sufficient data are available. And yet at this point he must make an admission which the fanatic and the ignoramus consider highly damaging to science. He must grant that the absolute truth can never be attained, because nature's laws are not written down. They are indicated by facts, and he can never be sure he has a sufficient number of the vital facts to interpret them correctly. cerned with processes, and not with purposes. No scientist can say what the purpose of the universe may be, or even whether there be any purpose to the universe, or to any given set of phenomena within it. Such would be presumption altogether unscientific. These matters belong to philosophy and religion. Finally, there is the last and most inspiring article in the creed. The scientist believes that the nearest approximation to the truth which is possible can do no harm to any rational human being. Any less than this is unworthy of him. He believes that man's destiny, if man have a destiny, can best be fulfilled by groping forward in the half-light shed by science. His faith in science makes him certain that, even though he never reached the Truth, this is better than to crouch in his ancestral cave, overwhelmed by the darkness of ancient superstition and unreasoning prejudice. But that farmer would have lost his faith in science if I had told him this. The Movies (See page 390) It's a and "Abie's Irish Rose."-Just like the play. system. "Across to Singapore."-Ramon Novarro Ernest Torrence pulling nautical rough stuff. "The Big City."-Lon Chaney using his regular face. "The Big Noise."-Chester Conklin and some pretty biting satire. "Burning Daylight."-Won't set fire to anything. "The Chaser."-Harry Langdon scores a miss. "Chicago.”—Just like the play-this is praise. "The Circus."-If you don't like Chaplin, you're the funny one. "The Crowd."-A sad story, beautifully directed. "Dawn."-The soul-stirring drama of Edith Cavell. "Doomsday."-Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear! "Dressed to Kill."-The ace of the crook plays. "The Drag Net."-Don't ask us why you'll like it-go and see it. "Drums of Love."-Pomp, pathos, and Lionel Barrymore. "The End of St. Russian production. "Fazil."-Charles Farrell and Greta Nissen in something terribly phony. Petersburg."-Startlingly fine "Four Sons."-It's a fine film, but too long. "Fools for Luck."-Chester Conklin and W. C. Fields-but the verdict is "No." "The Gaucho."-No one is perfect-not even Douglas Fairbanks. "Glorious Betsy."-The second talking movie. Still not good enough. "Hangman's House."-Swell photography, good direction, and good acting. "The Jazz Singer."-Al Jolson sings, and that's all. "Kentucky Courage."-A successor to "Tol'able David," with Richard Barthelmess. "The Last Command."-The great Jannings. See it. "The Last Moment."-Good photography, but little else. "The Legion of the Condemned.”—The so-called sequel to "Wings.' Recom "Love."-Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. mended. "A Night of Mystery."-Adolphe Menjou-just fair. "Red Hair."-Clara Bow in her big disrobing act. "Sadie Thompson."-Gloria Swanson trying hard. "The Secret Hour."-Pola Negri in a good picture. "Shooting Stars."-Don't bother. "Simba."-The Martin Johnson masterpiece. "Skyscraper."-Thoroughly enjoyable. "The Smart Set."-William Haines at his worst. "Something Always Happens.”-An amusing little thriller, with the ornamental Esther Ralston. "Speedy."-You can't go wrong on Harold Lloyd, "Stand and Deliver."-Rod La Rocque in one of those things. "Steamboat Bill, Jr."-Buster Keaton in a really funny one. "The Strange Case of Captain Ramper."-Out of the ordinary. "Street Angel."-A beautiful, tiresome picture. "The Street of Sin."-Regardless of Emil Jannings, we thought it was terrible. "Sunrise."-Dr. Murnau's supreme achievement. "Tempest."-John Barrymore comes into his own. Cheers! "Tenderloin."-The first (and worst) talking movie. "Three Sinners."-Pola Negri in a bad picture. "The Trail of '98."-The grandest scenes now on view. "The Triumph of The Rat."-Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in a British effort. "Two Lovers."-Last of the Colman-Bankys. In teresting. "We Americans.”—Mediocre melting-pot stuff. "Wings."-The great epic of the war-birds. |