Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29
THE D0OE00sS DILEMMA, GETTING
0AA1LBO AND THE SHEWING UP
OF DLANCO POSNET. BY Bernard
shaw, author Of MAN and Super
man" otc. New York: Brentano,s.

00oWO 8otoOI VI ANU SA0 0oP04
man" etc. New York: Brentano,s.
~ way Of what he ID pleased to call a
pesfAoo, Bernard Shaw has the well
Known habit Of celebrating q theme to
In utmost limik. Out Of this welter of
Apigram, he then rescues-often with
loose hand-what he Is equally pleased to
call Q drama. The Doctors Dilemma"
covers three Of these brilliant literary
idiosyncrasies. The first Of them-the one
titling the volumes the most character
istically Shavian, the most nearly perfect
as drama. the most important 1t Is IN
substance q sardonic and vicious. though
brilliant, attack on the medical practice.
Shaw assails both the knowledge and
the conscience Of the physician. He &C
cuses him of performing unnecessary
operations and Of prolonging lucrative
Illnesses. Through several acts he hales
him up and down in the glare OF what ne
treats as documentary evidence, and
closes the scathing object lesson with
dangerous than a poor doctor; not even
q poor employer or a poor landlord. OF
all social interests. the worst is the
vested interest in ill-health." He asserts
also that the truth about the doctor is
SO terrible that We dare not face 1t:
.Moliere saw through the doctors; but
he had to call them in just the same
Napoleon had no illusions about them,
lust as much as the most credulous ignO-
ramus that ever paid sixpence for
bottle Of strong medicine. In this pre-
dicament most. Reopie to save them.
back on the old rule that II you cannot
have what you believe in you must be-
lieve In what you have. When your
child In Ill or your wife dying. what you
to clutch at. were it but straw. This
the doctor brings you. You have wildly
urgent feeling that something must be
done: the doctor does something. Some
times what he does kills the patient; but
you do not know that: and the doctor
assures you that all that human skill
could do has been DONE" Well! This il
Bernard Shaw. maliciously enjoying what
the profession may say.
THE CONTESsA'S SISTERS . Novel.
BY Gardner Teall. Boston: Hough-
ton Mihiin Company.
Suddenly possessed Of wealth. what
more becoming thing can poet do than HE
himself to Capri, there to take on-or be
taken on by-a villa in whose gardens he
may sereneiy loaf and invite hts soul In
company with the Ieisured spirit OF the
good gray man Of Camden? Such finely
hitting thing did this particular poet 90.
Prom the sociable chatter Of the great
army Of the foot-loose, one is coming to
know this villa. perched high In raptures
of color and fragrance and farming ltal-
ian view, where the waters OF the Medt-
terranean are today like windwaft
field Of gentians" and tomorrow like the
blue Of a thousand sapphires." Not many.
however. in the sheer exultant lust OF life
have opened doors 20 welcomeiy wide as
has the poet Of this story. The villa, its
garden, Vincenso and Luisa. the inenAble
sister Of the contessa, the singers own
heart-all are free to the pleasurtng OF
the many. A delightful thing. one-Quar-
ter graceful and charming story, enmesh-
ing the hearts Of minstrel and lady, three
quarters pure poesy cast in the abandon
and belief and beauty OF youth.
A STUDENTS MANUAL FOR MA
CHINE SHOP PRACTICE. BY Clar-
ence w. Hecox. Washington: Pub
lished by G. w. Hecox.
Two kinds Of experience lie at the
foundation of this useful book on one
phase OF manual training. Ono 10 the ex-
perience Of the skilled workman: the
other that Of the teacher. Tho first Sc
cures the practical point Of view. where
knowledge and skill front directly upon
utility, appraised by this alone. The Sec
ond turns upon instruction, the consid-
GRAFTON OF a medium outside ones self to
be trained into practical action. through
knowledge acquired by the processes Of
education. This volume clearly bears the
marks OF this double experience. il IL q
book Of business msthod-direct. clear.
the relation OF theory to practIce-whtch
Of these Is precedent and to what extent.
1t u sinsularly tree from roundabout.