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STONE & Webster INCORPORATED SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE Illustrated Contents for DECEMBER 1922 IT WAS NOT, AS HE HAD FEARED, FROM HIS SON From a drawing by Frances Rogers, for “Å Son at the Front." A SON AT THE FRONT-Serial. Chapters I-IV. Edith Wharton "WHAT ELSE DID FATHER DO?" Edward W. Bok Frontispiece 643 Poems by MARTHA HASKELL CLARK, ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE, CHARLES BUX- FROM IMMIGRANT TO INVENTOR-IV. FROM GREENHORN TO CITIZEN- Illustrations from old prints. AN AMERICAN CITIZEN-REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE REAL SUCCESSES LOADED DICE-A Story Illustrations by Charles Baskerville. THE VIRGIN ISLANDS-A Series of Engrav- MARLEY'S COVE-A Story. 660 665 Michael Pupin 673 . Lowell L. Balcom Cary Gamble Lowndes THE POINT OF VIEW-Some Distance Under Their Skins-The Wednesday THE FIELD OF ART-American Painters THE FINANCIAL SITUATION-Encouragement and Perplexity-The Business Revival in America-Europe and the War Debt to Our Government PUBLISHED MONTHLY. PRICE, 35 CENTS A NUMBER; $4.00 A YEAR CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK Publishers of SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE and ARCHITECTURE Copyrighted in 1922 in United States, Canada, and Great Britain, by Charles Scribner's Sons. Printed in New York. All rights reserved. Entered as Second-Class Matter December 2, 1886, at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post-Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. Loyalty and Fair Dealing The Mackay System-POSTAL TELEGRAPH-COMMERCIAL CABLES-throughout its existence has endeavored to follow the course of loyalty and fair dealing both with the public and with its employees. How well it has succeeded is attested by the liberal patronage of the former, which has made possible its tremendous growth from humble beginnings to the world's longest system of telegraphs and cables, and by the extraordi nary continuous-service records of many of its employees. Thus, fair dealing by POSTAL TELEGRAPH-COMMERCIAL CABLES has succeeded in winning public approval and the intelligent and loyal co-operation of its superior staff, with the result that today it is able to offer the fastest and most accurate wire communication service in the world. Edith Wharton's ever-widening audience, which has followed with keen interest her recent stories, "The Age of Innocence" and "The Glimpses of the Moon," will be able to watch the unfolding, month by month during the coming year, of one of the most powerful themes she has ever handled. This new novel, "A Son at the Front," whose treatment resembles somewhat that of "The House of Mirth" and other of her works written before the war, contains her discerning analysis of character and society, and deals with a group of Americans living in Paris, who are caught in the net of circumstances surrounding the beginning of the war. Mrs. Wharton's many years of residence in France have given her the background of what is not primarily a war story, but a story of character. Edith Wharton. In 1919 Edward W. Bok retired from the editorship of The Ladies' Home Journal. The story of his life, told in his autobioggraphy, "The Americanization of Edward Bok," is too well known to need repetition. This volume has steadily held its place among the leading non-fiction books since the date of its publication in 1920. "Child's Christmas" was one of the last poems written by Martha Haskell Clark. She was a favorite contributor to SCRIBNER'S for many years. ** Arthur Davison Ficke is known for his volume, "Sonnets of a Portrait Painter," as well as for innumerable other poems in the magazines. ** Charles Buxton Going edited The Engineering Magazine for a good many years, and has written a book on industrial engineering, and several volumes of poems. ** The latest book by Mary R. S. An fields of prose and verse.** Ethelean Tyson Gaw is Mrs. Allison Gaw, whose "Barnegat Love Song," which appeared in SCRIBNER'S, has been reprinted in papers throughout the country. **This is the first poem by Hildegarde John to be published in this magazine. The author lives in Detroit. **"As the Larks Rise," the latest book of poems by Theodosia Garrison, came out a year ago. **Arthur S. Hardy, writer of novels and poems, was many years in the diplo matic service, at different times minister to Greece, Roumania, Switzerland, and Spain. **Hildegarde Hawthorne contributes reviews and poems to many periodicals. ** Bertha Bolling writes occasionally for SCRIBNER'S, which has often had poems by Margaret E. Sangster and Alice L. Bunner. ** Charles Hanson Towne's latest book is his novel of New York, The Chain." He is the author of several books of prose and verse, and also an editor and composer. ** Bernice Lesbia Kenyon graduated from Wellesley in 1920, and has published poems in a number of periodicals. ** John Finley, now associate editor of The New York Times, is one of the foremost educators of the country. He has been commissioner of education of the State of New York. Among the countless comments called forth by the remarkable story of Michael Pupin is the following paragraph from (Continued on page 5) The Dollar The daily actions of most of us are influenced by the messages received over the telephone, and yet few of us stop to think of the men and women, and the mechanisms, which help to make that daily service possible. Maintenance, repairs, and the work of handling calls, must constantly be carried on in good times or in bad, and they must be paid for, in order that your telephone service may be continued. 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