The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

decade subsequent to the war OF the
States. As conditions in the black belt
were typical Of conditions in all the area
covered by the operations OF the Khan:
the book Is practically a history of the
social and political forces that created
the Ku-Klux Khan. Without rancor and
without hesitation or hysteria. giving In
every instance place. names. and dates,
Mr. Damer follows the growth OF the re-
construction horror from it's beginning
to the restoration of the Anglo-Saxon SUI
premaey in the black belt, showing how
the Khan was the most powerful agent In
that restoration.
In its preface Mr.. Damer refers to him
self as one ''who was In the midst of the
struggle and close observer" His de-
scrIption is justified in the book.
THE BUSINESS OF BEING WOMAN: By Ida
NJ TArhell. The Macmillan Company, New York
Price. SIS
What is the business Of being a wom-
an? Is It something incompatible with
the free and joyous development OF ones
talents? Is there no place in It for econ
omic independence? Has 1t no essential
relation to the worlds movements? Is II
an episode which drains the forces and
leaves dreary wreck behind? Is 1t
something that cannot be organized into
a profession of dignity and opportunity
for service and happiness?
AS Will be seen from the above, Miss
TarbeIPs topic is a broad one, permitting
her to discuss the political, social, and
economic issues OF to-day as they AFFECT
woman. Suffrage. woman and the house,
hold, the home as an educational center,
the homeless daughter, friendless youth
and the irresponsible woman. suggest
some OF the trend of Miss Tarbelfs
thought They may at first seem discon-
nected. but she has made out of them, be-
cause of their bearing on all of her sex.
a unified narrative.
THE FoRELoPERs;- A ROMANCE OF Co
LONIAL DAYS: BY ]. n. Phipps The Neale
Publishing Company. New York. Phce. vs.
In the days OF Queen Elizabeth, that
wise and sympathetic ruler, Shakespeare
was so impressed with the contrary
fates that continually war with the hap
pIness Of lovers that he wrote 1t down. as
an axiom, that the course OF true love
never did run smooth. He drew the gen.
eraIization from the life of Elizabethian
London. What would have been his YER
dict about the course of true love"
could he have seen the perils of its ex-
istence in the New World, sixty years
after his death?
Never wers lovers so hard beset as
were Marcus Law and his afianced bride,
Helen Crandel, in the province of Con-
necticut, about the time that the charter
was hidden in the famous oak. As their
biographer says: Society in the New
World was a most homogeneous mixture,
consisting of contributions from all the
older regions of the world. and from
every level and condition OF mankind. "
Adventures, ruffians, criminals; gentle
men. soldiers, statesmen; sailors, va
grants, witches, negroes, Indians, out
casts-a strange medley of human life,
clinging to a strip OF hah-conquered
land. with the sea on one side and an
unguessed wilderness on the other.
Helen Crandel is stolen by Indians:
after a desperate chase, she u rescued
by her frantic lover, only to be accused
of practicing witchcraft - accused Of
witchcraft in an isolated, tradition-bound
community. when witches were real be-
ings. to be cursed and caught and
burned. if need be. A delicate-minded,
sensitive woman. young and beautiful.
accused of witchcraft, and hailed into
court; jeered and mocked-that's how the
tide of love was liable to run In the
days of Sir Edmund Andres, imp of
that profigate and bloodthirsty poten-
tate, King James IL"
June III heHIuChy, ana COle SeIIln
lawyers drifting in seas of their own
verbosity, looking wildly for land: POM
pous "shysters," document Iadened, for
ever on the verge of "a big success"
yet never falling in; court hangers-on.
staggering, voluble. and in everybody's
way: Htigants of many ages and several
colors, waiting for something definite TO
happen; village wise-heads quoting pre-
cedents of old, full of prophesy and mint
sr,Ia ofafr1 ff,I
of justice; bashful country folk. nudging
and listening with all their ears-here
is a world in motley for you.
What heights of local eloquence-what
fervor and finesse-what analyses, up and
down, through and across. and on the
bias-what professions OF arguments in
full dress, evening dress, working dress,
and neglige-what citatlons-what digni-