Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09

ISM To give the slightest plausihlity to
their utterances. they are forced to ignore
forced in every large packing house. and to
picture the packers as men who utterly
lack ordinary business sense
1t is only necessary to remark in this con-
nection that the President of the United
States is one of these entirely irresponsi-
BILE" persons who have brought the charge
of uncleanliness against the packers, and to
point to the message of the President to
Congress to demonstrate what is thought
by the head of the government of the off,
cial inspection system.
Mr. Armour's book should be suppressed
by the beef trust.
PAM DECIDES; a Sequel 70 Pam" By
Bettina Won Hutton, author of Our
Lady of the Beeches," &c. Illustrated
by b. Martin Justice. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co. Washington: Brentano's.
Readers of Pam will find this story Of
her later romance even more entertaining
than the tale of her childhood and young
womanhood. The first novel ended in a
minor key. PANS decision to go to work
rather than accept the bounty of her titled
and wealthy friends plunged her into the
world of trials and deprivations. For some
years she remained in total eclipse, writing
novels for the penny-dreadfuls, producing
twenty-five In six years Then her old
friends found her out, and she discovered
new one. charming dilletante, attache OF
the Russian legation in London. who pro
posed to her PANS mode of living is such
that when old admirer dies in Australia
and leaves her a London house and an In
come she is elevated from penury to aff1u-
ence and old Pilgrim, her nurse and COM
panon, is rendered inexpressively happy.
fatal memory of her old life remains
her love for James Peele, and 1t almost
wrecks her happiness in this new era
Fate, however works in a strange way 10
save her from the misfortune of her obses-
sion. Peele's wife dies suddenly and PAM
attending the funeral. sees the widower at
the grave, his shock and grief stripping
the mask from his face and revealing the
mean. narrow soul. Then Pam takes happl-
ness by the hand and welcomes it.
Baroness Won Hutton invests this story
of the elder Pam with all the vivid person
atty which characterized her former crea-
ton The story is richly colored, intensely
human and witty. Pam Is a philosopher
whose optimism is not sOured by her mis-
fortunes and self-chosen privations. In de
Lensky the author introduces a new char
acter, always charming and subtle In his
moods. The new Pam book will be read
with zest by those who missed the rare
pleasure Of the first
THE PROBLEM OF THE PENTATEUCH,
an Examination of the Results of the
Higher Criticism By Randolph H.
McKim, DID, LID, rector of the
Church of the Epiphany, Washington,
d. C. New York Longmans, Green &
Co.
This is an able and timely controversial
work 1t will be warmly welcomed and ap-
preciated by the many Christians who are
"all at sea" as to what the Bible Is. Pas
tors. Sunday school teachers and the in
telligent laymen OF all churches will find 1t
gives them a clear view OF what the Bible
hoe in higher
criticism. It will also give them a most
trenchant and conclusive criticism of this
new view of the Bible DR.. Mckim Is a
keen and skilful controversialist. Here he
combats the views of learned men who turn
the Bible topsy -turvy, denying the genuine
ness and authenticity of the early books
and giving a reconstruction that is diamet-
rically opposed to the traditional Jewish and
Christian view The early books of the
Bible are denied historical character and
dissipated into myth and legend. The pa
triarchs are not considered as historical
persons, but the names of tribes. There
was no theocracy founded by Moses, even
IL he might possibly have been an historical
parsonage. The beautiful story of Joseph Is
resolved into an astral myth and the whole
of the early biblical history into fimsy
plagiarism of Babylonian myths and Chai-
dean legends. Deuteronomy was a plous
fraud in the reign OF Josiah 631 b. c., the
priestly code OF the Pentateuch the woTk
of the imagination of the priestly school In
the time of Ezra, 444 b. c., post-exillc
forgery like Deuteronomy, or piece OF
statecraft This is the new view of the
Bible that DIR. McKim controverts with
keen analysis and counter argument ana
adverse expert scholarship. He shows the
purely subjective theories and philologlcal
conjectures and naturalistic philosophy out
OF which these theories are built. He shows
the Inconsistencies of the individual critics.
THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-GOyERN-
MENT, Being an Attempt to Trace
American Political Corruption to Its
Sources in Six States of the United
States. BY Lincoln Steffens New YORK:
Mcclure Phillips & Co. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. Steffens has looked at the problem of
American corruption so long and ex-
clusively that it is to be feared he has
lost his focus One result is that his reader
is not always sure whether Mr.. Steffens Is
hopeful or hopeless His dedication to the
Gar of Russia reads like the wall of
despairing man, who sees only eternal
smash ahead. Some of his chapters on the
specific cases which he cites contain notes
OF cheer. Taken altogether the resultant
of Mr. Steffens' review of conditions is
probably optimistic. He sees the worst,
certainly In the history of the past, but
he holds to the belief tina. the worst is
over, and that the people are becoming en-
lightened and conscious of their own power
and therefore the better able TO help
themselves out of the slough of political
corruption and bossism The states which
he regards as centers of the power of the
bosses are Missouri. Illinois, Wisconsin
Rhode Island Ohio and New Jersey. The
chapters which constitute the book have
heretofore appeared In McClures Maya
zine.
THE PINK TYPHOON. BY Harrison
Robertson, author of The Inlander,"
&c New York Charles Scribner's
Sons Washington: Woodward & 10th
rop.
This novelette, of motoring and love is
distinguished by its quality from the ma
jority OF auto romances. 1t Is a tale of a
motoring novitiate and mistaken identity.
A middle-aged bachelor judge falls In love
with a pretty woman before he discovers
that she is not nurse maid. Complica-
lions ensue and explanations and adjust
ments follow. Two charming children play
an important part In the affair and win the
hearts of all readers with the least degree
OF respect for Young wisdom. Mr.. Robert
might have written a longer story
with the materials he has here condensed
into small compass.
THE FRENCH BLOOD In AMERICA. BY
I.uciau J. Eosdick Illustrated Nau