Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07

claim and appeal. the aged. the inf1rm.
The third part deals with preventive work
by wav of plans to teach and encourage
thrift to promote health. to lift the
standards of living. through the agency
of clubs settlement work. fresh air move
ments. summer recreationS and the IKE
The volume closes with some very prac-
teal suggestions to those who are &C,
lively alive to this most difficult ana
delicate of social betterment work. The
whole is a cool. level-headed. a sympa-
thetic and sane discussion one calculated
to be of distinct service not only to the
professional worker. but also to the vol
unteer worker, and to the man or woman
feeling responsibility for the right
treatment of the many appeals for help
that meet him or her at every turn.
BRASS FACES. BY Charles MeEvoy.
author of David Ballard. etc. Bos-
ton: Houghton Miffiin Company.
For a man who had never had an adj
venture, who had lived perfectly placid
life as a moderately well-to-do citizen of
London without business cares. the ex-
perience of Robert Gilmour was undeni-
ably startling and unconventional. On
his way home from his club in the early
morning he was caught by a shower and
found that he enjoyed the unusual sensa-
ton of being Well soaked. 1t was during
this nocturnal walk that he came into
the case OF Iris Lees. held veritable
prisoner in third-class boarding house.
as result of the infatuation of the son
Of the noble lord whose steward her fos-
ter father was. The upshot of this en-
counter was the abduction Of Iris Lees
followed by the arrest of Mr.. Gilmour.
and complicated breathless chase about
the country by number of people hot
on the trail of the missing girl. woman
detective. shady Photographic artist
and his intensely jealous wife, the foster
father. the noble lord. the noble lord $
son and others participating Ultimately.
after an aeroplane flight and wild motor
runs the case is ended with wedding
bells. but they are not rung in honor Of
those whom the reader expects ultimately
to plight their troth. This is an unusual
story Of no particular weight. hut excel
lent qualities for entertainment.
EVER AFTER. BY Juliet Wilbor
Tompkins With frontispiece. New
| York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
| An unknown pirianthropist has given
Candace Ware the means to start sum
mer colony for the benefit Of impecunious
persons of artistic temperament. and
| here assemble some quaint characters. in
| Guiding Dana Malone. musical composer.
| The benefactor herself appears. at first
incognito. and proves to be young
woman of unusual personal charm. the
product of generations of closely figuring
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wealthy now in her own right. bound by
| the habit of her grandparents to count
| every penny Yet Lucy Cuyler Is capable
| of big things big expenditures, big con-
| ceptions. \ romance between her and
| Dana Malone develops and they are mar
] ried and then the trouble begins: for
| he was proud and wished to be and to
| feel independent of his wife's fortune.
| Ultimately they find happy way ont of
| their Affections. and in the telling of the
story that sets forth these experiences
! Mrs Tompkns has produced one Of her
most delightful novels.
THE HUMAN SLAUGHTER-HOUSE
Scenes from the War that II Sure to
Come. Translated from the German
of Wilhelm Lamszus by Oakley Will
liams, with an Introduction by Al
fred Noyes. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Company.
| This book has created an acute sensa-
| ton i'm Europe. particularly in Germany.
| where II first appeared and where it is
! now under an official ban. The author
was promptly removed from his position
| as master at one of the large German
| public schools but has since been rein
| stated owing to the force of public sem
| timent in his favor. The book is pow
erful presentation of the horrors of war;
| fare The author shows 1t from the point