Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16

gances into unwonted activities is blind to
the truth which is painfully evident to his
wife's old friends. and most of all to her
seducer's sister. Her constant demands for
more money drive him into activities for
which he Is unsuited and finally into crime.
The lonely childless life of Gertrude War
reuer doubtless Is to be discovered In every
community, every neighborhood. Some wo-
men make their surroundings yield Sus-
tanning interest. Others drift In their dis
content and come TO grief. Gertrude War
rener might have drifted on the current of
her unconscious boredom for years had it
not been for the chance ray OF light which
revealed to her sphere OF better dressing,
better manners. greater luxury. Distin lily
mineral. despite her conventional surround
tngB and her natural inclination toward the
traditional way, she was heartess and
mindless and without conjunction when
she stepped aside.
The Sin of George Warrener' will make
impression. 1t Is distinctly true and 1t
Is very strong. 1t Is d wholesome warning
to the men and women who are today living
like George and Gertrude Warrener without
any spiritual essence in their lives
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. BY William
Sage, author of Robert Tourney" &C.
Boston. Little Brown 81 Co.
beginning with the ruthless methods Of
great trust magnates in crushing out
competition. this strong story of modern
conditions passes swiftly on TO the political
phase OF the evil OF concentrated power
and discloses In dramatic fashion the peril
u the community involved in a laxity of
political morals and a dulling of the public
conscience The son of a man of great
wealth and power parts from his father be-
cause of an Irreconclable difference of SEN
timent upon the righteousness Of the faith
ers methods Having been well grounded
il the study OF the law, he turns to that
profession and succeeds. Chance brings
about his election as district attorney
independent, and he proceeds to do his
duty regardless Of consequences. An en-
gagiug study is afforded in the person Of
Francis Thaycr, the district attorney I'M
official associate in the work of roofing out
a gang OF bribers Indeed, Thayer is per
haps more interesting personality than
Richard Haveriand who with startling sud-
ueuness is transformed from a social Idler
20 81 man OF intense business activity. The
wlles and ways OF the grafters are laid bare
In a manner which agrees with-the present
understanding Of the public of such mat
ters. The story is skillfully written and
holds the attention wildly to the end.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES HAVE READ; a
Classified List of Important and Useful
Material Culled from Magazines. Ar
ranged by Burton Emmett. New York:
Dodd, Mead * Co. Washington: Bren-
tano's.
In these days of many magazines scrap
books become virtually impossible, even for
the most diligent collectors OF odds and
ends. Next 10 a systematic collection of
the good things is faithful annexation of
their titles and where they may be found.
This book affords an opportunity TO keep
such method in operation with advantage.
The blank. ruled pages are classified in
subjects OF a wide range OF magazine ma
terials. that the most promiseuous or
discriminating reader will have a chance
through the use OF the book to keep the
memory well harnessed. whatever the vol
ume OF reading.
WAR GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL AND
STATE, in Massachusetts,. New York.
Pennsylvania and Indiana. 1851 1896.
BY William B. Weeden author Of Eco
nomic and Social History of New Eng
land. Boston: Houghton, MiffiIn &c
Co washington. Woodward & 10th
rop.
This volume fills gap which has curl
ously been left by all the writer's on the
civil war period Of the United States.
While the war records of the various
states have here and there been done over
into historical form and much has been
written to develop all the lights and
shades of the federal administration dur
ing those years, the whole subject has not
until now been treated as a distinct epi-
sode. Mr.. Weeden demonstrates through
his study of the subject that war govern
ment both federal and state. accomplish
ed potent results in the readjustment OF
the relations between states and the ma
tion and between the people and the gov
ernng body. Choosing typical OF the
union states Pennsylvania, New York,
Massachusetts and Indiana. he concen-
ne had reviewed the entire field in detail.
Governors Andrew, Curtin and Morton
were in Office all through the war. while
In New York the peculiar conditions In