The Washington herald., 1913-05-25

are times when Sonia considers a rich.
rather repulsive Jew, who is quite willing
to buy her for her beauty. Fortunately.
Prince Tomaine arrives In time to save
her from this fate. and she marries the
elderly nobleman. Her former lover
wreaks a terrible vengeance, however.
for when he comes back and wants her.
she declines 10 leave her husband and
| child, though she still loves the man.
After refusing 10 go away, Orion COM
| mts suicide in. her presence. and she Ii
obliged to restrain herself because her
husband is watching her. The story is
lesson of the fate that befails those who
can neither be one thing nor the other.
WAY STATIONS: BY Elzabeth Robins. New Yoss
-Dodd. Mead Co.
The author of Little Sister" one OF
the strongest arrangements, of existing
conditions in the so-called civilized world.
has written an historic account to date
OF the suffrage movement In England
and in the manner In which. through
questionable management OF the issue.
II has reached the present acute crisis.
Miss Robins statement OF facts is sober
ly given. She treats the subject chro-
nologically, and gives occasional glimpses
of the manner in which she herself, from
cept the status quo and 70 oppose the
movement. was drawn, by the develop
ments Of the struggle. with many. others
like herself. into the very vortex Of the
fight.
Miss Robins possesses a remarkable
gift Of expression. Her thoughts are
clear. and she finds words to express
them. that carry her message home to
her readers. Those who read her book
will see with her that though the bat
tle-feld Is English soil, the issue be-
longs TO the human race" and while she
is an ardent sufragist. the tme-worn
question. as presented by her. acquires
a fresh atmosphere. Her glowing tribute
to Mr. Stead. in her Albert Hall speech
CMr. Stead went down on the Titanic)
Is stirring. and the last sentence of her
eloquent passage is wreath dedicated
TO the graveless dead:
He saw the women and children into
the boats. And he seems to have left
some silent charge behind. that other
life boats should be sent out to save
the women who are launched on angrier
seas in a blacker night"
An allusion to the taking up by Parlia-
ment after his death of the white
slave bill, long set aside, but finally
brought out after months and weeks and
days. And IL took only two hours 10
pass It, II had been blocked FIVE years
by what the author calls those self
constituted guardians of women and
girls
In these pages one recognizes the deep
indignant bitterness that weIled up in
the authors breast until she poured II
out in those pages OF My Little
Sister,
NOTED PENNsYLvANIASs: By Waiter L~ners
PhilsdeiphiA-J. B. Lpptncctt Co.
This book is made up OF twenty short
biographical sketches OF persons who
have taken prominent places in public
and private affairs IN the colony and
state of Pennsylvania Some of these
have won fame in civil and some in mill
tary life. The range of service is very
wide.
The first in order is Pastorius. the
founder OF Germantown, who brought
from Germany a company of his fellow
pietists. kindred in principle and belief
with the Quakers who had come over
with William Penn. This small settlement.
no doubt, led TO the introduction of the
Dutch into the province. The last sub
ject treated by the author is the career
OF Andrew Carnegie. Both these men
were OF foreign birth. but their lives
we're given to the development of the
State. Between these are to be met such
representative citizens as Robert Morris.
Stephen Girard, Audubon, Gen. Wayne.
Thaddeus Stephens. President Buchanan.
Byard Taylor. Gems. Mcclellan and
Meade, and one noted woman, Lucretia
Mott Those named above show how
wide is the scope of the book.
The several sketches are written in a
storytelling manner, as IL they were
intended for young readers. They illus
trate the life of the past In the most
vivid way. As supplementary to a text
book in the United States history, the
volume will be desirable In the school
libraries OF the country. but most of all