Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-07

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man. r. r. G. :. London: oxford
University Press.
CHARACTERISTIC feature OF
~ the laudation of Theodore Roose-
~ vel, by MS admirers, ,.m i, ,ar d 1snS-
with which many. contemporary
historians do moi accredit him, and 7"
mitch The Key of approval high that
many voices cannot continue III the s"nS'
There Is unauestionablv something mag
petir about his personality. He is unde-
niahly one of the most striking flsuFes IN
the world TODAY and I've has accomplished
some remarkable things. But VI may ne
ouastianed whether his fame VIII he en-
HANGED hv indiscriminate eXaltauon or
th.. arcreditiu2 to him of achievements
which do no, properly belong on his rec
ord Mr.. Nroema9 clearly stands IN the
front rank of the Rooseveltians He sings
TN, praises of his hero with fervor- But
NOW that his text is brought back 10 TINS
country and laid before the Amer icdl
people it may seem somewhat eNiaNd
CANT albeit il made the oxford students
,bink 1.enIy Of the stupendous virtues
aud the herculean labors OF the former
President. Ill,
The Roasevetiau era in our pohtics VIII
Io,ibtlcss stand for long as the most
sirenuouS period in the history OF the
states. outside of the time of the clVli
war The seven and hali wears VI t'iio
chief executives term OF once We're years
of stress and change, whether Tor better
~ rnr worse remains for time TO disclose.
Just now il is too soon 10 proclaim MI
Roosevelt as a permanent reloi niel. d
.eocrapher whose newly drawn map VI
thc American world will stand as ,he
standard for the future. 1t IS true 'ndt
he set many forces in motion Tor the
curing of ills and for the sowing OF ploo
lens and the stoppaGe OF waste. pus
th.re are some who aver. with Snow OF
reason that there Will certahlH oe re-
action that indeed IA reaction mas even
now begun carrying the country away
from some of the Roosevelt doctrines anu
no1icies Whether our forests are saved
"a onr waterways deepened and our
madcap rivers disciplined and our raln1alis
mt to use and our soils reclaimed no one
can deny that Mr.. Roosevelt did ms pes'
toward these ends. But there REMAINS ',ie
crave nuestion whether the means he
aaonted toward these ends were the
wisest and the safest means and Whether
the country was prepared tor the suooe'.
feyerish activity into which II was
pIupped nv rapid-fre series OF executive
orders. ~
OF the philosophical aspects of Mt. Nroo-
mans estimate of Roosevelt IL is 10 De
said that he has worked out an admmap'e
thesis Roosevelt did inject something
now into our political life. something Vlv1-
fving and strengthening He gave new
quality to our political system. Ethica
is the word Mr.. Vrooman chooses 10 'sp-
fy the Roosevelt precepts OF government,
This has been more colloquiallN sldteo
as the square deal for every man. re-
CARELESS of race or creed sociai e!dsa "
Fortune Read in the text of TINS eio-
auent tribute to greatly aaiiiireu n r,an
The Roosevelt precept was that every mar,
should have his chance. and he proceeueu
TO give him that chance
II II most unfortunate that Mr. Nroo-
nf Nr
mans zeal as procialiner OF MI; MI. 49, ~ .
yeIts virtues should have led nm INTO
tsin of yituperation in denounclng the
legislators and financiers and business
men of the United States. Addressed 10
an English audience such oenun ie aa,,,,
must deepen the feeling that this coun-
try is a land of grafters and CRIMINALS,
that it's political system Is corrupt 10 tue
core: that there is no health IN US. save
in the person of the one of whom the lee
turer has been speaking. Such testimony
coming from American lips, is III caicu-
lated 10 make the English people better
understand the Americans in terms OF the
truth.
SOME ANSWERED. QUESTIONS; Col
lected and Translated from the Per
sian of Abdu'l-Baha- BY Laura
Clifford Barney. London: keSdE'
Paul Trench. Trubner & Co, Ltd-
This hook embodies. with a foceful
simplicity. the teachings of Bahaism, as
Laura Clifford Barney.
The author explains that in her case
the teachings were made simple to CORE
spond with her rudimentary knowledge
and are therefore. in no way complete
and exhaustive. hut present only certain
aspects of EahaSm. which is universal
in it's messages and has for each ques-
toner the answer best suited to his espe-
ciai development and needs. The lessons
were not given originally with view 10
publication. but in her belief that all
men Notwithstanding their differences
are united in their search for reality,
Miss Barney secured from Abdu l-Ba Ia
permission to put his talks to he In DOCK
form.
Regardless of the readers individual
opinion as TO the theological value of q
teaching which denies the divinity OF
Jesus Christ from the standpoint OF the
Christian faith student of literature
can fail To be impressed with the dignity.
fha beauty and in most instances the
convincing clearnesS with which the great
exponent of Bahasm answers the dues-
lions which man has forever asked con-
corning that Cause of all Causes Whom
we know as God.
Miss Barney has done very real
service 10 the book world in contributing
TO il so intelligent work as Seine An
swered Questions. As girl she gave
lIp home life that meant all the pleas
H~es the world can give to a young Worn-
an of wealth and social prominence. Since
then she has spent much of her time III
the far east devotinE years of study To
Rahaism and TO the acquiring OF 50 init
mate "A knowledge OF the Persian as to
enable her 10 record Abdul Baha's teach
ing III his own language and later trans
lating them into her own. She received
her instruct ions at Acca Palestine from
which point she has written her book
concerning an universal religion which
Is intended as the fulfillment and compile
tion OF all the ancient faiths.