Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-11

PICTURE OF the r1vaI dTlHd
"a menting Of England and Ger
many presents the great ILLUSION
II whose exposure is the bushes!
of this brilliant book Arnla
'ments carry. unavoidably, tho lmphca
ton of war, involving new political out
lines. strain to credit. loss of trade, con
nscations indemnities and the like. WITH
the modern economic facing upon life, IL
Mace OF the ancient militant one, the
author declares these piratical or punitive
war measures to be anachronismS. tnc
most of them impossible to execute IN lhe
present. The great illusion, stated. is,
that the welI-being of nation depends
upon military power, with Its accruhs
political supremacy. Mr.. Angel asser,s
that, instead, the well-being of nation
is TODAY economic in character. depending
upon the natural wealth of that nation
coupled with population capable OF
working it-a population trained also. AZ
social discipline, one of whose co-opera-
tive effects is the creation and expansion
of trade This natural wealth and ac-
ouired industrialiSm OF country. al IA
ternationalized cred.t-built fnance-sensi-
tive and responsive: the inability vi
nayies to create trade, the impotency OF
conquerors to destroy competition, axe
the effective counts against milltaIy Up
erationS as source OF nationai pIoSieo
To the academic plea that war Is put t!ls
working out of that primord1ai law Va
selection by which the hit survive, the au-
thor reioins that the evolutionary law
of selection rests upon mans si ueSie
with his natural environment, anu lio'
upon the struggle with his felioW-fistIi'
Moreover he recalls 10 US that war Sc
Iects the tit to perish. leaving the uhllt
10 survive precariouSly. Another eA-
cuse for the necessity OF warfare Il tha.
human nature does not change, ana VIA.
proving upon one another Is an lhefadl-
able inherency of mans nature In
answer the author merely points from the
time when we literally ate one another
up to the present, when we nave, at iedsl
risen above this need for purely materiai
cannibalistic pabulum He cites, IN 'i ms
connection. the law Of acceleration TO
indicate that any kind of preying upon
one another. even the immaterlal sor'. Is
but a phase through which we are pass
ing hy leaps and bounds, toward rasiohal
policies and interests, with peace an es-
sential concomitant of these. Inc eA-
posture of the great illusion calls Tor Two
courses. First. that of new orientaeo.i
on the part of men toward e pfesenl
economic basis of national weifafe. Win
outmoded ideas and phrases left In the
limbo of disuse Then a new education
for youth. wherein medieval ideals-he-
roes of Napoleonic mold and pair. otisni
OF blood-red hue-make way for the daily
homely heroism of industrial emciency.
This efficiency, raised to high degree
by the new education, implies In Its pos
SCISSOR a hold on the economic facts OIL
natural resource, individual pronc'eAcy
in some part Of its transformation ara
a working use of the instruments or ex-
change These units of intelligence. COM
bined. expanded. projected, vision a large
and rat !o.al patriotism. impervlous to po-
htical illusion and resistent to mliltarism,
ru,U uvUI, N CONC AMI SPEECH:
4 study in Development. BY Alys f.
Bentley director of music, wash
ington, d. c.. author of Tone Plays
Fl for Children etc. New York: The
4. S. Barnes Company.
Pleasing in literary personality. clca-
and vigorous in thoughts based on the
interactive laws of body and mind. this
study sums most convincngly In
werd or so, the following is its syilo-
CYSTIC outline. Individuality-'th7 most
resonant note in the symphony OF mod
erp thought'-its security. freedom,
growth. Is the sole concern OF early edu-
cation. =. Music, out OF its naturally
spontaneous and dramatic nature. is
the readiest and fullest response to in
dividualism. 3. Therefore, music in the
first years of development. should con-
etitute the rootage OF educative activ1-
ties. The major premise here no longer
rests for it's security upon the sOlidity
Of the minor premise. to which this study
devotes itself in rich illustration, stand
ing as the flower of experience and the
fruit OF accepted theory The author
here wisely bases the training of both
the singing and the speaking voice upon
a supreme law of physical education.
This is the law Of rhythmic coordination
of all parts OF the body in even the least
of movements. q lesson learned from
fNoh tAa asnA No lny mi ol
to the average physical culturists work
ing in detachments Of legs, arms, head
and SO on. In ridiculous, IMPLY Biological
concentration. Through the period when
imitation and the drama possess chill
dren, the author passes with song and
natural pantomime, gathering up in this
onward sweep not only what. in educa-
ton. is known as nature study, but also
that bugbear of early training. reading
here accomplished in a way sc simple
and natural as to Naken the wonder
why Ii has long remained a misery
to children and a harassment to teach
ers. This little book is buttressed b,
publications on early song teaching. ant
as well. 1t is a provocative thing, one
calculated to stir the dreams of sleepins
educators and to draw out the fears o
yutted teachers. To a mere layman
however. II Is a tonic revelation.
THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE
WOODS. BY Marjorie Benton Cooke
Illustrated by the Kinneys. Chicago
A. c. McClurg & Co.
romantic story, whose incidents al
together. both the probable and The
improbable ones. dovetail endearingly
with the readers unquenchable desire
to have everything come out right at thu
end. One would stop here-if he might
to ponder why improbable happening.
are so unfailingly smooth and satisfying
while probabilities are so commonly
stupid or rasping. This is young
story, lavish and not overconsequenta
but good story, Notwithstanding
with plenty of refreshing ut-of-doors II
II and some charming indoors. Sisioned
II presents gifted unparented girl. al
artist stressed and frightened by tht
city, taking 10 the woods where N
deserted cabin. she and lost dog Sc
UP housekeeping on the slender resourc,
OF a single banana and one drawing
OF coffee for the girl. with stolen bon,
for the dog. As an Offset for the mea
gerness of the cuisine. there is abou
the four walls OF the cabin a glorious
frieze. painted by the GIRL trees-gentl,
ghostly birches, floating summer-strand:
OF willow. flaming maple torches, starl
black winter boughs. But q girl is NJ
rodent to live by gnawing trees-paintet
trees at that-so 1t comes In good tim,
that a young and delightful couple, Will
their boy. Bobby, move into the lodge dowr
below and a gracious and hospitable iudg
moves into the great house up above
After this. things are better and best
for the girl comes out of the woods
later. to marry the judge. Only two blot
on this fresh story The red flag o