Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09

gatiOns at Picking. In conclusion he says:
Mr.. Stewards prophecy of the growing
importance of the Pacific and of Americas
expansion to those distant regions has be-
come History much sooner than he or any
American statesman foresaw 1t has
brought with 1t much governmental en-
barrassment and great responsibilities. But
the hopeful citizen must believe that the
system of government and the wisdom of
Its public men Will be equal to the emer-
gency and the responsibilities. IT Is mat
| ter of pride and of confidence for the future
| to be assured that the conduct and policy
Of the government, from the beginning of
| it's history, in its relations with the orient
have been marked by spirit Of justice.
forbearance and magnanimity. It's early
and its later intercourse with China Japan
and Corea has been that Of a friend inter-
ested for their welfare. ready to aid them
| IN the EFFORTS to attain an honorable
place among the nations. and willing to
recognize the embarrassments which at
tended those efforts.
with the acquisition of the Philippines.
whether wisely unwsely done, the
United States has assumed toward those
countries the new and additional relation
of neighbor. The enormous DEVELOPMENT
of the resources of the United States and
the increased necessity for foreign markets
have strengthened the reasons which con-
trOlled its policy in the past and the prox-
unity of its new possessions, with their
millions of inha bitants has brought 1t
nearer than ever in sympathy to these peo-
pies and their governments. The American
Union has become an Asiatic power It has
new duties to discharge and enlarged in
terests to protect. But it's record of a
hundred years of honorable intercourse with
that region will be safe guide for. the
| conduct of affairs. It's task will be well
done If it shall aid in giving to the world
freer market and to the inhabitants of
the orient the blessings of Christian civil
ization."
HIS ia, DAuGHTER FIRST. BY Arthur sherburne
Boston: Eoughton, Miffn & Co.
Mr.. Hardys theme in this novel is the
willfulness of the daughter of widower
who seeks second wife. She craftily init
| mates to the lady of her fathers obvious
choice that she could not tolerate a step
mother. and from this circumstance, with
others, arises a confusion of motives and
actions which is finally cleared to salts
factory conclusion. The story deals with
several love affairs at once, so that the
reader is amply supplied with sentiment
The most wholesome romance Of all is dis
| posed of early in the story. Dramatic in
terest centers in the character of Reginald
Head, who is a very good sort of fellow
even though he is introduced with the con-
vent1onal Accomplishments of the tradi-
tional villain of the piece" Mr. Head
plays the vail street game after the ordi-
nary fashion of concealing facts and can
italizing the ignorance of other people. He
INDUCES In dearly bought pleasures and
phiianders bit In the course of the story
put IN the final emergency he shows true
and is rewarded with the love of the eccen-
trict daughter of the middIe-aged widower
1t is an very entertaining smoothly told
artiStlcally suppressed and effective a.
novel of the higher order of the class which
may be styled psyche sociological"
DARRELL OF THE BLESSED ISLES BY Irving
Bacheller. author of ''Eben Holden" etc ri.
Illustrated by Arthur T. Keller Boston: Iotbrnn
Publishing Company.
Mr. Bachelor returns in this book to the
| field which he cultivated so successfully in
'Eben Holden depicting herein the char
acter of an entertaining elderly wit and
philosopher thrown in contrast with
young man of ideas and good qualities. The
story thread is not strong but that 1t Is
easily broken from time to time to admit
fragments of wisdom and cleverness quite
apart from the theme of the tale. But
these digressons are not disconcerting or
inartistic. The lime light is kept on the
two central figures of Darrell, the old clock
maker, and Sidney Trove. the founding who
grew into such excellent manhood. They
pass through severe trials and when finally
| their relationship is established the readers
dearest hopes satisfied and the tale
ends smoothly. The choicest portions of
the book are Darrells deliverances both
brief and heightened revealing a wealth
of high thinking. The scenes are laid in
the northern country in the first half of the
nineteenth century.
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS. By Richard Greaves.
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
This novel ought to curb the avarice of
men. 1t should demonstrate that 81 100000
is a mighty big lump of money, even in
these days of enormous fortunes. 1t should
dissipate some misunderstan dings as to
the purchasing power of thousands. 1t per-
haps will stimulate a sentiment of pity for
the unfortunate class Of people who have
nothing to do but to spend their wealth.
The tale opens with a dilemma which
strikes the readers notice with unusual
force young man is left $1,000 600 by
his grandfather and almost Immediately
HEADINGS.