Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19

her on the fire escape. from which en-
trance into the murder room could be
effected. This is not wholly tale of
crime. 1t brings into action group
Of decidedly entertaining people, whom
Mr.. Irwin, with his skill and discrimi-
nation, makes vivid and real. Tommy
North, who discovered the crime on re-
exalted state Of mind. but somewhat
uncertain in the legs. proves vastly en-
tertaining. Nine. LIE Grange, who is
an old acquaintance Of the readers OF
Mr.. Twins stories, is at her best in this
narrative.
THE WIRELESS MAN, His Work and
Adventures on Land and Sea. By
Francis A Collins, author of 1.-The
Boys Book of Model Aeroplanes."
etc. Illustrated with photographs
and diagrams. New York: The Gen.
fury Company.
The literature of wireless biography is
growing steadily. with the addition of
such books as the present. Stories have
and technical works have appeared CIV
ing the specific details of this modern
marvel. Mr.. Collins has brought together
in the course Of his chapters not only a
lot Of information about the uses Of wire
less, but many thrilling stories of its
practical application in present day navi-
CATION. This is definitely designed as
so elementary as to be confined in it's ap-
peal to juvenile readers.
THE RICH MRS. BURGOYNE. By
Kathleen Norris. author of Mother"
Illustrated by Lucius Henry Hitch
cock. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
A copy Of this story should reach the
hand Of every woman in America. It is
a missionary book. though not a preach
ment. a tremendous argument, though
not a sociological treatise. In the guise
of delightful story Of life in a small
city in California it sets forth certain
principles of feminine existence which
should be most carefully studied by all
wives and mothers. Society seems now
to be divided into two broad classes,
those who strive to make a bare living
and those who struggle to entertain
themselves. This author shows a group
Of women Of some affluence engaged in a
competition for social success, going from
one extravaganza to another, utterly for
getting their normal relationships and re-
sponsibilities, RELOCATING their children
If they have any-tO nurses or teachers
and surrounding themselves altogether
with artificial. expensive and cOrrOding
conditions that pass as diversions. Into
this circle comes Mrs. Burgoyne. reputed
to be Of great wealth. How she effects a
cure of this community and establishes
a new standard of life and starts her
sisters along the line of real usefulness
and happiness this tale discloses. Those
who read it as. a story alone may be
in the slenderness of it's
plot, but its purpose. though never OBJ
truded. is not to be overlooked. 1t should
make for happier and better world.
ruun nuuIurrNr. nuANgONn nv lin.
coin Colcord. With frontispiece by
Anton Fischer. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
Diamonds have played an important
part in the worlds fiction There Is
almost uncanny about great
stone of pure whiteness and fire that in
spires writer's to remarkable flights of
fancy. Mr.. Colcord has written a tale
which. while preserving the traditions of
lore, introduces some new ele-
ments and virtually a psychology of dia-
mond fascination. The drifting diamond
about which this story centers has been
lection and in a remarkable way goes
from hand to hand, causing trouble,
fomenting crime. a veyitable nemesis.
The story is told in an unfortunate way.
involving the use of quotation marks
practically from beginning to end in the
Is not justified by the nature OF the
context. One would have been more
impressed with the tale IL the
author had devised more direct man
a story to keep on reading until the
end is reached.
THE INDIANS OF THE TERRACED
HOUSES. BY Charles Francis Saun-
ders. With numerous illustrations
from photographs mainly by c. F.
and E. III. Saunders. New York: G.
p. Putnam's Sons.
When the author and Sylvia started
from Santa Fee for their first glimpse
of a Pueblo they knew SO little OF
Indians as to carry kodak along. Their
of the red man was of the
"warpath-treading, scalp-raidng stock OF
the novels and wild west shows. We did
not know that in our southwest there
dwells a very different type OF Indians,
the Pueblos. who. even at the time of
the discovery of America. were expert
enced stone-house builders and town
jewellers. devotees OF peace and order,
with a fairly we'll developed civilization
of their own; who were then, and still
are, Industrious. self-governtng agricul-
tursts, and who have never been at war
with the United States" Tourist curiosity
developed into earnest research, and after
years Of investigation Mr.. Saunders has
added to tribal literature an authoritative
and most captivating record of these
Pueblos Of New Mexico and Arizona.
The customs Of these Indians; how they
work and feast and live and die. are de-
picted with the accuracy OF one who,
himself. became cliff dweller for the
sake of getting at the truth. Mr.. Saun-
ders' whole book is a protest against the
theory that a dead Indian is the only
good one. He does not consider that the
of past evidences of the civil
ization of this vanishing race Is the sole
duty of the nation. 1t would be better