Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

hypothesis to be not only true, but, Sc
cureIy careless about proof. to be work
and method concerning a truth already
granted. The center of the story Is a
girl young. good looking, with parents,
and well considered in her own world. a
girl in TO sense uncommon. The man
of the story enters her life in the most
casual manner, little. IL any, stirred by
her existence. The subsequent proceed
ings are largely Of her own managing.
The courtship in its initiative, is hers:
the marriage. a contamination not at all
of her seeking, is. in fact. his tribute to
the traditions of his own manhood. 1t
is a psychological story, concerned with
states of mind. motives. inheritances, oc-
cult and far-fiung influences. what not;
these send one far aheld and bring him
back again at last bearing the one home
truth that this girl. in bigger hands
than her own, Is innocently, implacabiy,
devotedly. working out her destiny under
the resfstless primal impulse Of her wom-
ans lot. Simply, wisely evolved. not too
startling, not too eccentric. this story Is
deeply interesting as an illustration of
the one completely irresistible force in
life.
THE DEEPER STAIN. BY Frank Hird,
author Of Victoria. the Woman
New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
The girl OF this story is worth a great
deal. Setting aside her natural girls ca
pacfty for dreams and hope and love. she
busies herself with the support of futile.
impecunious family. among them a broth
er of bombastic pretensions of superiority
over his womankind. In the interests OF
this brother she becomes the wife of a
man twice her age, man STEPPED to the
roots in pride of place and the untarnish
Of an age old escutcheOn- All In the day s
work it is revealed to her that in the
youth of her husband Is lapse beside
which the shortcomings of her own fam
lily pale as do the faded stars in the face
spirit Of self-sacrif1ce she conceals the
knowledge of this wrong. burieS 1t and
pats the sod artfully over 1t. leading her
husband gently along the quiet paths or
domestic security and public trust II
sets forth life of complete self-denial.
1t ought to make a ripping story-but 1t
does not. Some dizziness of eye to
psychological crises and dramatic mo-
the book disappointingly level and arid.
MY BUNKIE AND OTHERS, Pictures
of Western Frontier Life. By Charles
Schreyvogel. New York: Monas,
Yard & Co.
NJ. Schreyvogers most famous painting.
My Bunkie," established his reputation
nine years ago by winning for him the
Clarke prize in the National Academy of
Design exhibition. Since his production
of that remarkably dramatic canvas. rep
resenting the rescue Of an endorsed SOL
der by a comrade in q frontier fight with
Indians. the artist has done some equally
impressive work commemorative OF the
struggles for the great west. Indeed, Mr..
Schreyvogel has become perhaps the most
striking exponent of American art in his
rendering of strictly typical American
scenes. Born on the east side OF New
York at the outset Of the civil war. the
artist was thirty-two years Of age before
he had a glimpse of the life he longed to
depict. AS boy he had dreamed OF
drawing and painting Indians, cowboys
and soldiers. Had his parents permanently
shaped his career he would have been a
die sinker, but his ambition was not to be
downed and the result II a series of
paintings that are invaluable in their
preservation Of a phase Of life that has
even now passed beyond recall. In this
volume are reproduced thirty-six of
Schreyvogel's works in full-page photo
gravures. The volume Is prefaced by
a brief sketch of the artist.
IN THE BORDER COUNTRY. BY
Josephine Daskam Bacon. Illus
trated by Clara Elsene Peck. New
York: Doubleday. Page & Co. WASH
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
The three parts Of this remarkable story
were printed separately as short tales.
But they are so intimately connected, SO
interdependent in their broadcast aspect.
distinct parts. They tell together. OF the
three journeys across the border between
life and death, or rather between con-
of a woman who is in need of realization