The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14


a volume entitled, 'srhe Human Trinity /;
Is the Home Passng?"
In the publishers Nbte" Miss Belle
II. Bennett, president of the Woman $
Missionary council of the NJ e. church.
south, is quoted sayinh:
Mr.. Tyler's statement In his book The
Human Trinity relating to the double
standard of morals as a cause of increa Sc
OF divorce in this country is in itself
worth a careful reading of the volume.
I'VE cannot but wish he had gone a
step further and said what we know he
is courageous enough to say. namely,
that the many chiIdless homes are not so
often the fault OF the women of the
land, but that the greatest cause is on
the part of the men who break God's s
most sacred law.
His statements concerning the new
woman meet in many respects the best
ideals of the strongest leaders of the
woman movement
This book is based on the feeling that
no life is complete and normal until IT
has rounded out in the group of man,
woman and child This is the "huns n
trinity which the author discusses with
vigor and sense. 1t will surely appeal 10
all lovers of the home, and is especially
appropriate as a wedding gift, being at
tractivcly bound. The author truly says:
llt ouDJcCl VI iit ldIl1Iy anu nome mas
received less attention and consideration
than anything in our American life"
The chapter titles are "The Home Idea,
and Some Breakers and Makers" ''Home
Nature and Influence 1.-THE Child"
'Woman;" Mans Part in the Homo
Marriage and Divorce;" 1.-The Church
| and Social Life" Conservation of the
Home"
Mr. Tyler himself says of his book:
"EaalinR that the "a ff
civilization, the health of our social
| life, is conditioned upon a proper de-
velopment of the human trinity that
marriage la mode ana present
alarming divorce statistics, together
with ever increasing economic prob
lens, threaten to demolsh, in no dis
tant future some of our Oldest, most
sacred. and most highly priced ideals,
the writer finds himself thinking, read
ing, writing, and speakign on this
theme"
THE LADY AND THE PIRATE"
BY Emerson Hough. illustrated by
Henry A. Mathes. The Bobbs Merrill
company. publishers Indianapolis.
Not Since Frank Stockton has there
been anything like Emerson Houghs
The Lady and the Pirate" The au-
thor of The Mississippi Bubble" John
Rawn,' and The Purchase Price"
seems to have gone on a frolic with
all his powers in full play. lie has
told rollicking, merry tale in a new
way and takes rank as high in the
field OF comedy as he has achieved
In his serious studies of American life
With the new elements of appeal
damascened like a rare rapier, the
strong plot Yields gracefully to the au-
thor's needs-flashng and scintillating
with merriment. The story is a distinct
departure from the authors previous
works. 1t Is as though the flashes of
lightning humor which relieved the in
tensity of Emerson Houghs big, pow
erful novels had struck" enveloping
all in a brilliant flame of fun.
The hero of the story Is modern
buccaneer. one Henry Francis Drake,
millionaire bachelor in ordinary and pi-
rate by choice who in this year of
grace, 1913. sails the Mississippi from
the headwaters to the Gulf.
Yes-the villainous crew board the
boat; the dashing pirate kidnaps the
girl-and maroons his rival.
But the villainous crew are Just two
small, runaway boys who caught UP