Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20

design, for free democratic DEVELOPMENT
makes this study of composite motive VAL
liable and timely. Many of the discus
sions might have been made yesterday. Sc
cotemporaneous are they in thought and
treatment. The author approa ches the
convention through a running description
OF measures for some effective coalition
and leaves ii through ratification and
chapter traces the sources of the Consti-
tuition, making clear Its evolutionary
character Of growth and adaptability. In
conclusion the author sums both the
greatness and the weakness OF this docu-
ment. the latter fencing toward elimna-
ton and modification as the instrument
seeks to fit itself more and more perfectly
to the uses OF government.
GOVERNMENTAL ACTION FOR So
CIAL WELFARE. BY Jeremiah
W. jerks, P.H-D.. LID. professor
of economics and politics, Cornell
University: american S1 Das
Samuel McCune Lindsay, P-H.D.-
LID, Columbia University. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
As a part OF the social progress series.
the present volume turns to- a study of
governmental action i'm relation to social
betterment. The author bases the body
of this discourse upon an analysis OF So
cial welfare. an elaborated analysis, using
description, application ard definition as
its instruments Following this is scru-
tiny Of the three departments OF govern
ment, not only in their powers toward the
social whole, but also in their accom-
pIishment OF ameliOratfve measures. IL
there be a flaw in this painss aking sur
yey il is that OF ovcrcare in the interest
of clearness. expressing itself in frequent
restatements and somewhat elementary
views. out OF which issues faint flavor
of platitude. One interested in this sub
ject and at all inclined to read a treatise
upon IL has passed ont from the one-syl-
liable period and reacts with impatience
toward lean method where he expects a
rich one.
THE WINDOW At THE WHITE CAT
BY Mary Roberts Rinehart. author
OF The Circular Staircase" etc.
illustrated by Arthur ]. Keller.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill
Company.
II municipal and state government
through the United States Is as corrupt
as is suggested by Mrs. Rinehart S
latest story, things are at a bad pass in
this country. This tale. which reeks of
mystery from the fifth page. relates to
the populations OF state treasurer
and the manner in which the political
gang in control of affairs contrives to
suppress the news OF his disappearance
and ultimate murder. Just who killed
him remains unknown TO the reader to
the very END OF the story, ana In the pur-
suit of the criminal and the solution OF
several subordinate problems the author
leads her followers a merry chase indeed.
She perhaps cverindulges in the clumsi-
ness OF her narrator hero, whose propen-
sity for stumbling over things in the
dark is largely conducive to the unfold
ing Of the plot. II John KNOX had gone
about his amateur detectives work more
carefully when the lights were low he
might have wound up the mystery SO
,;olyl hat ho,- hnn IN
necessary to expend 37s pages in the un-
folding. In the course of this intricate
and at all times interesting story there
is evidence that the author has been
studying the records of some of our worst
managed communities.
THE MOTOR MAID. BY c. n. and A.
NJ. Williamson. New York