Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18

Ana de Ulloa. her father and the devil. and
they engage in a discussion of the rela tive
merits of heaven and he'll.
% Man and Superman' Is not a great
drama. 1t is too prolix and too devoid of
action ever to succeed on the boards. 1t
is. however. a fine example of Mr.. Shaw's
best work in the creation of reading
plays" and satire 1t will be chiefly
welcomed and most highly enjoyed. That
the author himself entertains great ex-
peCtatiOns of the dramatic performance of
llis work is shown in the following passage
in the dedicatory epistle to Mr.. Walkley.
II plank down my view of the existing
highly civilized society for what 1t is worth.
1t is a view like any other view, and no
more. neither true nor false but. l hope.
way of looking at the subject which
throws into the familiar order of cause
and effect a sufficient body of fact and
perience to be interesting to you, If not
to the play going public of London. 1 have
certainly shown little consideration for that
, public in this enterprise: but 1 know that
1t has the friendliest disposition toward
you and me as far as 1t has any con-
seriousness of our existence. and quite I'M
derstands that what / write for you must
pass at considerable height over its SIM
pie romantic head. 1t will take my books
as read and my genius for granted trust
Ing me to put forth work OF such quality
as shall bear out its verdict. So we may
disport ourselves on our own plane to the
top of our bent, and II any gentleman
points out that neither this epistle dedlca-
tory the dream of Don Juan in the
third act of the ensuing comedy is suitable
for immediate production at a popular
.theater. We need not contradict him. Ma
.poleOn provided Talma with a pit of kings.
with what effect Talma's acting is not
recorded. AS for me. what | have always
wanted is a pit of philosophers; and this
lis play for such pit"
ATHE COST. BY David Graham Phillips. author
Of The Master Rogue" &c. Illustrated by
: Harrison Fisher. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
Mr.. Phillips has developed an unmstak-
able style in treating of money kings and
has a way OF infusing much real spirit
Unto his narratives of the lives of the
slaves of the ticker. In The Master
Rogue" he presented the intimate point of
view of the ruthless magnate. In this
story. The Cost he occupies a detached
position and describes the degeneratng
process OF wealth accumulation and power
gaining. His story is interesting and well
told. 1t deals with young western people
who go to college together and treats rath-
er lightly of life In typical college town
in the Mississippi valley. secret mar
'riagc between young girl and rich.
lscienceless young man early establishes
through the realization by the girl that she
has made mistake. But her husband sue
1ceeds marvelously and grows to be one
of the great financial factors. The
she really loves becomes great In his own
way as a lawyer and eventually gov
ernOr Of his state. John Dumont. the huS-
band. IS smashed by clique of his Wall
street enemies and then. after recovering
from severe Illness. plots their down
fall. Here Is where Mr.. Phillips rises TO
his climax. and the chapters dealing with
the succeeding disturbances in the money
center are absorbing in their interest. The
scene of John Dumonts final triumph and
death in his room alone. where his body
lis found coiled in a tangle of ticker tape,
lis especially vivid and convincing.
sTHE WIDOWS MITE, and other Psychic
Phenomena by Isaac y. Funk. New York:
Funk & wagnalls Company.
A little more than a year ago DIR. Funk.
who has long been Interested in physic phe-
nomena as an investigator. had a remark
able experience which led him to more
persistent inquiry than before Into the
possibility of spirit communications. While
tn attendance upon a small private medium
istic seance he was questioned by one of the
spirit controls present as to a certain
ancient Hebrew coin called 1.-The widows
mite" which had been borrowed by his
firm during the making OF the Standard
Dictionary. nine years before. He had
thought It returned to its owner. but the
= control insisted that 1t had not and that
the spirit OF Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher-
one Of the most frequently utilized Of all
the modern departed for purposes of inter-
sphere communications-was anxious that
"a search be made for Il. Further questions
and later search disclosed tho coin. with Q