Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-07

orat. and later an Englishman whose
American wife was dabb1fng In occultisn.
fell in love with a Dung widow. who
was herself sadly involved in the mazes
of the PHILOSOPHERS and pretenses OF the
hish-priest of sapernaturalism. Thus, in
short order the stage fs peopled with In
teresting characters, and meanwhile
events are Fastening to q red climax.
The forces Of revolution are gathering and
suddenly comes the war between France
the empire and gives the communists their
chance to destroy, burn and XIII. Gutron
takes an fmportanS part In thes preatnai-'
narfes Of the communists pfoVa0ende'
but shrtnks from thas devnstsffonswk which
It involves Els loyalty to bis aristocracsfc
friends INVOLVES him IN dfaacuttfees wihcn
closely approach q fatals end. but. ne
bride and they togethers turn their faces
toward America. There. Guiron. failing GO
find 1t In France, seeks his "dayspring
of liberty. Between the occultism ana the
politics the novel moves briskiy ana m
terestingiy, eliminating In series OF
tragic scenes descriptive Of the horrors OF
the burning OF Paris.
THE ISSUE. by George Morgan. author Of
John Idttlejohn Of j." Illustrated by George
A. williams. Phiiadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
Company.
Through battle. murder and sudden
death" this tragic story takes It's course,
to assemble the forces eliminating In the
civil war and the preservation Of the
Union 1t is distinctly an effort to create
that elusive thing a fun account Of the
anti-slavery effort 1t takes its beginnings
back In 1884, when one morning the sun
shone green and blue and notified
and frightened the negroes and gave the
signal for the bloody Mats Rising" In
the Dismal Swamp region. 1t carries the
reader through the efforts at compromise,
introduces, for single chapter. Webster,
Calhoun and Clay. suggests the forces
which contended in Congress. gives a
glimpse of a scene in the House OF
Representatives in the height OF the
ante-bellum excitement, and then offers
many chapters Of bloody fighting in Vir-
ginia and Maryland. The peninsular
campaign. Antietam. Chancellorsviile ana
Gettysburg all pass before the reader
eye with unmistakable power OF descrlp-
tion but perhaps an unnecessary gorlness'
ed, many scenes Of mutilation. much In
tense suffering, thousands or deaths.
1t seems uselessly narrowing. rhrougn
it all move a quartet of young lovers
federal soldier and "secesh gri' ana coa -
federate soldier and northern girl. re-
markably free in their passing back ana
forth between the lines. The glimpses OF
petticoats at the front become so ire
quent that there Is wonder now the c MI
manders found room to turn around The
best part of the story. and at the same
time the most gruesome, despite all the
horrors of the civil strife, Is tnat Whlen
describes the plantation NE VI .ne ~
days. and the frenzy of the negroes VINO
under the leadership of Nat, the prophet
..slay as Gideon slew.
M rn.DunpK nv Mary White
Illustrated by the author. New York: Double
day. Page Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne
& Sons.
1t is a far cry from the little girl who
sits at home today sewing beads Whlch
she or her mother has bought at the dry
gccds store down town upon piece oI
cloth in beautiful patterns, or with the aio
of special looms weaving wonderful con-
trivances and designs out of this same
ma terial to her prototype, the lndlah
maiden who with infinite patience fashlon-
ed the crude but natively beautiful pic
yes with the beads for which her rather
had bartered his winter s eaten OF iurs.
But the two are sisters in art. an ART al
most as old as man himself. The modern
bead-worker has many advantages IN
point of varied materials and rich oe-
signs, but the principles of the art re-
main the same, to reproduce III eoi
of flowers creatures and symbols, MISS
Whites manual is of great Value. Her
instructions are clearly presented ana het
greatly help the reader.
wide circulation of this handbook, such
as il deserves, should result in the imme-
dia re production of many tons of beaut1fui
head work This book, following Miss
Whites two already published on baskets,
nlaces her among those who are Dent
upon broadening the horizon of the young
workers,
nv THE, EJREsIDE. By Charles Wagner. au-
thor Of ..The simple Life" &C. Translated from
the French by Mary Louise Hendee. New York:
Mcclure Phillips & Co. Washington Wood
ward & LOthrOp.
In these days of rapid living and develop
ment, of great world-enterprises and rush.
ing events attention is Withdrawn more
than ever before from the most Important
of all social units. the family. Socioloslsts
treat of 1t in a cold academic way and oc-
sionally an essayist rises to the occa-
sion and discusses it in a vein of impress
slve rhetoric But it Is a generally dlsre-
garded subject, from the point of view OF
the urgent philosopher. who sees the need
of correcting certain tendencies which lead
toward the weakening of the family organi-
cation or at least the lessening OF It's I'M
portance NJ. Wagner has heretofore ad-
dressed himself to kindred problems, III
1.-The Simple Life" and The Better way.
and now he discourses with energetic earn
estness and yet with tenderness on TINS
everlasting theme of the family and It's
needs He holds most dear the truth thaI
by the firesde are laid the foundations Oh
character that there are constructed the
ia brics which must Withstand the Dunet-
ings of the worlds temptations and trlais.
He divides his work into chapters accord
ing to the stage of the family's evolution,
treating of the roof-tree, the spirit OF the
family. matrimony. fatherhood ana mother,
hood the relations between parents and
children brothers and sisters, elders and
youngsters servants. animals, and so forth.
to a considerable but by no means Weari-
some length. One of his most effective
chapters is that on What Those Do Who
No Longer Do Anything" The book -
alive with the spirit of thoughtfulness, OF
nractical altruism and must make a deep
impress for good upon all who read it.
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