Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

important factor in American
expansion comes in the nature
of rescue. This most pic
tvresque of backwoodsmen-
hunter. trailmaker. Indian expert-stood
In danger of passing into the region of
romance. close of kin and but little more
real than the fctional pioneer charac-
ters created by Fenimore Cooper. Taken
out from the realm of pure personal adj
venture and reset in the light of historic
event and influence. Boone, as the most
useful and conspicuous man in the win
ming of the early west. regains material
ity and permanence as truly national
figure. To meet the specific purpose of
this view the author consistently bends
geographic detail to the service of Amerl
can history. illustrating incidentally the
true relation of biography to HIS
tory. The achievements promoting
territorial expansion claimed for Boone
are threefod: ID. the protection of Dor
der settlements through two great wars;
,2), the guidance of colonists into the
most fertile lands beyond the Aileghenies;
ca. the projection of a highway over
which thousands passed into the new
west. chapter of stirring incidents COW
ers the story of this wilderness road in
its relation to emigration and expansion
ing to this period and place serve to
measure and proportion the work OF
Daniel Boone. In addition to It's high
value as pure information concerning one
stage of continental growth, the present
study makes a point in ethics by dem
onstrating the life and service of this
man to be of national significance. More
over, the author succeeds, too in this study
devoted to the proper placing OF the
great pioneer in the westward course OF
empire in holding fast those picturesque
and romantic qualities by which alone
Daniel Boone was for so many years
known and measured.
wAGE.EARNING WOMEN. BY Annie
Marion MacLean. Phi. D., professor Of
sociology in Adelphia College The
Citizens Library of Economics. Poll
ties and Sociology, edited by Rich
ard T. Ely. Phi. D., LII. D., professor
of political economy. University Of
Wisconsin. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
In 1907 the national board of the Y. w.
T.. A, among other constructive measures,
organized a committee of sociological in
vestigation with DR.. Annie Marion Mac
Lean at its head. The purpose of this
movement was to secure a general view
of the industrial and social condition OF
wage-earning women, to the end that any
efforts of the association in their behai1
might be shaped and directed in imme-
date relation to existing conditions. The
volume in hand embodies the work OF this
group of investigators, together with GER
tain conclusions and recommendations
The wage-earning women of New Eng
land, of New York, of Chicago and the
other middle west, the mine women Oh
Pennsylvania. the hop pickers of Oregon
and the fruit workers of California make
up the subjects of this examination.
Wages, hours of labor. conditions of light
ventilation and numbers assigned to
given area, housing, food. clothing, rec
reations-the common items OF SUCH a
study are here employed. AS whole,
the work. I'm character. is extensive rather
than intensive, deliberately SO and sery-
ing admirably the purpose for which 1t
was planned, in that 1t discloses specific
needs and is therefore, fitted to direct as
ISOLATION effort. Broadly gathered, the
great eds of this class are a larger
social life, higher industrial efficiency.
legitimate recreation and more of 1t, and
better cooperative measures. The volume
10 literally supplied with helpful tables
and charts of condensed fact. 1t Is. more
over. a very readable account quite free
from the labored dullness of most reports
of this class.
PANDERS AND 1THEIR WHITE
SLAVES. BY Clifford G. Roe. New
York: Fleming H.. Revell Company.
Any doubt as to the existence of white
slaves and traffic artfully shaped to pro-
duce these disappears in face of the
startling recital here given. The author as
assistant states attorney during an In
vestigation of the white slave trade in
Chicago gathered the material upon which
this record Is founded and stands thereby
as warrant for its accuracy. Out of the
legal proceedings incident to this expos
ure, involving the testimony OF victims,
the confessions of panders and the con-
yiction of traders, comes this study OF the
Toll nd fat nf q. r.
ing the chief influences that contribute to
It's existence as part of the under side
of civic life. A hundred cases, or there
about brought out by this Chicago up
heaval. are spread over these pages In
sordid detail and specific accusation, dis
closing the methods. the ingenuity OF dis
guise and the pertinacity OF this mon
strous pursuit Coincidentally, the laws
on this subject are examined, the need
for revision and new legislation Is pointed
out. as we'll as the imperative demand for
incorruptible officials. Not only wicked
people are arraigned in this exposition,
but good people also are called to account
for indirect encouragement OF this evil
through ignorant denial of its existence or
blank refusal to touch SO unspeakable q
vice The author makes clear that not in
Chicago alone, but in every other city are
active influences of this trade. The spirit
of youth in the city streets. so knowingly
pictured by Jane Adams. is the quarry
The open street itself, the dance hall, the
the summer garden are the hunting
grounds. Open, earnest, specihc as 10 per-
son. place and circumstances, the author
makes sure that no future plea OF fS-
norance can stand in the way of agrees
sive measures for determination. In
yenefal count, our sordid ideals. our So
cial indifference, our lax home bonds and
the false modeXty that holds youth
thraIl to ignorance stand at the root OF
this evil Startling In nature, badly
plain In treatment, thoughtful in its grasp
Of causes and remedies, inclusive In its
appeal, this volume speaks to everybody
on a matter OF his own immediate con-
Germ.
VILLAGE OF VAGABONDS. BY +.
Berkeley Smith. author of The Real
Latin Quarter" etc. Color Illus
trations by r. Hopkinson Smith
Pen drawings by the author. New
York: Doubleday. Page K co. WASH
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
4 sheaf of sketches, this. harvested in
forgotten village of Normandy. Pont du
Sable the lost fishing village In a
House Abandoned our artist sets up
his easel-and goes a-shooting. In the
rare between-whles Of sport he makes
n,ctures-the ones unfolding from this
inosened sheaf. Here are the fisher folk,
compact in Marianne. Here are the mayor,
and the miser and Pierre. Here, Mon
.ieur le Cure. who divides his time SO
uneoually between sea shooting and
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