The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-22
DOROTHY DAY." BY VIM. DUDLEY F0ULkE
Draws Interesting Picture of Quaker Household in
Days Before the Civil War-Vvid De-
scrption of Gettysburg.

is the description of the most celebrat
ed engagements of the Civil War
which make up large part of the
which is the clear presentation OF the
attitude of Friends toward war and
toward slavery the authors apprecia-
ton of the colored people being ex-
pressed with felicity in his observa-
tons upon their fidelity to the fami-
lies of their owners:
We found that no negro would be-
tray his master or his masters fami-
ly. Was this affection. was it fear,
or the mere habit of servitude@ No
doubt there We're varied ingredients
in this fidelity. But faithful he was,
and kind. and now. after the lapse Of
forty years | am reluctant to believe
the stories of the wild passions of a
savage race that threaten the homes OF
the South. and require the halter the
torch and the mad fury Of a laWless
mob for the protection of women and
children"
In nothing is the author more inter
esting than in his description of the
sensations attendant upon the raw re-
cruit's first engagement, nor in the
democracy Of camp life.
Nor is he less so in his picture of
Gettysburg. giving the novice a more
comprehensive idea of those historic
battles than could be acquired through
the perusal of dry tones devoted to the
tactical side alone and no doubt tC
the participant it brings the reality
wildly to the vision.
Mr.. Foulke's humour expresses it
self epigrammatically at times and
his observations on the American
travelling abroad are amusing In in
stance:
! When We reached Paris we found
infinite opportunities for diversion in
the attempts of some of our fellow
/ Americans to make themselves under
stood in a language which no one
could comprehend. There was Mr.
Jones, for example, whose practice it
was to repeat all he said in English at
the top of his voice, it being we'll
known principle that no language is
unintelligible if you will only speak it
loud enough
/ There was Grubbs gesticulating to
a cabman and wildly revolving his
arms in the air, as indication that he
wanted to go to the railway station
whereupon cabby. with smile of in
telligence, drove him to shop where
they sold velocipedes.'
"Two-thirds of the ill-mannered
men of the world owe their bad graces
to their timidity. They are rude OF
reserved because they are afraid to
be natural"
"All through life | have had con
slant dread of silent, well-dressed
experienced man-servant Whenever
his own manners are irreprcachable
it always seems to me that he is of
fering silent criticism upon mine
and that when tried by his memorable
standard, | must very often fall fan
short of what | ought to be-"
OF family dog it was said:
His instinct toward depravity was
unerring. The boys who stole oul
water-melons were never mOlested
but our friends were all bitten in due
form Immediately upon their arrival.
Of General Robert E. Lee. the grea
Confederate, Mr.. Foulke writes just
ly and appreciatively and the lattel
part of his book will doubtless be re
garded as a valuable contribution Il
the contemporary commentary on thu
Civil War.