The Washington times., 1910-04-09
From the Bottom Up" {
Remarkable Story of
the Present.

Il isn't an easy task 10 draw a real
picture Of life
It isn't an easy task to set IN writing
an inpressic 1Istic picture Of life as il
really exists The English language IS
too bold 20 permit the delicate susEes-
ZION a Ralzac or a de Naupassanr needs
10 bring clearly to his readers mind the
truths ne wishes 20 most strongly i'm
press. Many writer's OF high ideals
and great ideas have tried II and failed
miserabIy. The tendency TO 0verstep
the limits Of convention has set for the
proper" and improper" conveyance
Of the message Of the author is often
too strong 70 resist and the story IS
cast aside as Objectionable But the
book world mas its surprises as well
as other forms Of life and Charles Ten
ney JackSOn-s novel The Day OF souls. %
- one Of these
Not often does q book which starts its
hero as a devil-mav-care man Of the
world leave him in the happy ending
2 Iaborer earning $40 per day Nor are
there many stories that carefully GiSsect
the shallOWness OF an acknowledged
woman Of The streets. and chen marry
her to the hero. though there are two
or three very nice upright girls waiting
make them happy. Yet this IS just what
M Jackson dOes-WIrn the I'M consent
end approval OF the reader. t0O-whIcu
Is even more reularka BILE
Il - q daring piece Of work. this Day
Of Souls One might quarrel with the
author Tor dragging his story through
bits OF rather tTeSOue philosophy. bgJ-
IL its entirety he has accomplished a
real Inlng IN way that is rather fresh
and new
There is nothing that Is nice in the
sDry- II IS iusJE5 tale Of sOrdid lie
made highly interesting III deals with
the struggle Of a young man, born 20
riches. whose father Is sent TO the
peultentIar-- because he does not do
Just what the big political bosses. with
whom he mas worked believe he should
have cone The son becomes the handy
man O. the bosses in the hope Of secur-
lug pardon He lives largely by his
WITS ana with people OF the type that
preyS- The politicians break him and
cast him aside and he is compelled TO
work with his hands
There are three women Of entirely DIFF
the heroine one Is an idealist- who Is
attempting 10 introduce a new religion
Another a pure-ulndeG- innocent coun-
Try Eiri, and the third a weak, foolish
and very scarlet creature who has lost
al sense OF mental proportion tt IS
the last who IS found in the arms Of
The struggling young seeker for truth
and justice when the final chapter ends.
ancient lite of the japanese nobility OF
setting aside one day IL the year as q
day of souls. when the men come clean
and pure 10 the affairs Of their anCes-
tors and spend hours in silent medita-
ton OF the virtues and accomplishments
or those they venerate-
l-The Dav Of Souls" BY Charles Ten
ney Jackson The BO5bs-1IeTTiu Com
pany. indianapolis and New York, pub
fishers. S1-5o.)
Alexander IrvIne-s From the Bottom
Tn being his own biography. - a. re-
77arEa bic story or man OF our time.
and Is all action and interest from
cover to cover
M Irvine IS lay minister of the
Church Of the Ascension In New York
giles ard ultimate victory 0f a Celt, who
was both poetic and religious IN tenn
permanent. and whose rise in life should
serve as IN inspiration 10 many. The
tale is one OF adventure, although
throughout II a strong moral lesson IS
presented
Mr. Irvine was born IN a small cabin
fn ireland, and after sighting subsistence
in a pitiful manner as a youth. nc was
drafted in the army and fought with
Gordon at Khartoum- His humane
spirit rsvolted- and he sought another
profession he came TO America as a
storage passenger and worked q s janl-
ter. porter. elevator box. and driver. BE-
fore becoming q stun missionary and
later the manager Of a clubhouse in the
BOwery He has always fought the
social wrongs. and his book has much
10 do with this subject
C'.From the Bottom Up By Alex
ander Irvine Doubleday, Page & COD