Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-03
BOOK REVIEWS.

BOOK REVIEWS.
THE IMMIGRANT INVASION. BY
Frank Julian Warne. Ph.D., author
Of The Slav Invasion and the Mine
Workers" etc. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
<<@7 HE peoplng OF the United
- States by immigrants is an
event deserving a place as
the eighth wonder of the
world" Here Mr.. Warne
is talking solely of the magnitude of this
army advancing upon us, of the millions
upon millions of immigrants peacefully
invading the United States. This chapter.
whose basis is no more than statistical
report of numbers. is a piece or pure
wiZardry in which mere figures take on
form and motion. and present the spec
tacle of hordes of aliens swarming upon
us. The author then makes carefui
scrutiny of the older and the newer I'M
migration. the former from the north
west of Europe the latter from Its south
east, drawing certain conclusions about
the comparative qualities of these two
groups He gathers up some OF the i'm
mediate effects of these enormous aces
sions of alien people upon the Whoie
fabric of national life, and sets some OF
the inevitable problems bound to spring
from what is. in effect, unrestricted I'M
migration The book is intended as
clear revelation and a distinct warning
The author himself is convinced that the
present situation In respect to this matter
will grow to menace of the very foun-
dations of democracy itself II the vital
forces of q nation are measured by the
weli-being of the many. whatever tends to
lower the standard of living among these
many is an element of economic disease
one calculated To lower the general tone,
TO impair resistance, TO make a way for
the spread of the disease, to invite pos
sible though distant dissolution of the
whole body. The book is an eloquent and
logical argument against unrestricted i'm
migration: a scholarly, statesmanly, pa
triotic appeal to the intelligence of The
people against the more personal
standpoint of the legislators. Formerly
secretary of the New York state immi-
grafton commission. at present secretary
of the immigration department of the Ma
tional Civic Federation and in 1910 spe-
cial expert on foreign-born population for
the United States census, Mr.. Warne is
master Of the facts of this subject. as he
is also of their forceful and effective pres
entation.
THE BURDEN OF WOMAN. BY
Richard Pryce. author of Christie
pher," etc. Boston: Houghton Milf
fin Company.
The Welsh farming village of Maen
Gorsedd frames Mr.. Pryce's drama. The
landscape. the seasons, the village folks
in their local habit of homely everyday
living seem very real and very Welsh.
Within this frame, SO wildly hfelike as
to appear to have been carved out of
some corner of Wales itself. is set the
very realest theme in the world. This
is no other than the bitter toll of lone
Illness and suffering that woman must
Day for breaking through the wall of
rules and regulations built through the
centuries with infinite pains and pa
thence by other women to protect their
vested rights in man. Mary Redwing,
the burdened woman of this particular
story, lived in Maen Gorsedd, support
ing herself and her little daughter
Peggy by making dresses for the wom-
their babies while they went for the
day. now and then, to the distant mar
ket town. Mary was a beautiful and
beloved woman Where she came from
no one asked. What her life had been
no one knew, except that she was a
good woman. 1t was the jealousy of
Hannah Rees. grown watchful Of young
farmer Davidson, that ferreted out
Mary's history and uncovered the fact
that there never had been a husband
situation out of which Mr.. Pryce de-
velops a perfectly realistic story along
the plainest and simplest of lines. a
story whose externals. on the one hand
are shaped to every twist and turn OF
a homely Welsh countryside. and whose
one essential fact, on the other. Is at
home in any quarter OF the earth A
true reflection of life. a good story, ad-
mirable craftsmanship and fine artistry
are the unassailable achievements Of Mr..
PryCe In this new novel
TRAINING THE BOY. BY William A.
Kansas State Agricultural College.
author OF Farm Boys and Girls"
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
Any one-parent. teacher. friend-hav-
ing a boy on his hands and In his heart.
or a girl, either, for that matter, will
seize upon Mr.. Mckeevers book a
capable and efficient first aid in the
up-bringing and training of that boy or
girl The book is pointedly applicable to
Young life as il is lived today, and as II
directions and suggestions IL is crafty
ingly usual in speech, free from vague
assumption, quite unafraid to be perfectly
clear and simple. Even a plain mother
will be able 10 read this book and find In
IL splendid help In her business of max
ing the right sort OF man out of her COM
mon sort of boy. The author shortcuts
his conception OF education by summing
81 as a Constructive something to do,
at whatever period Of life il is applied
both before and after school days. as
well as In the course of these. This,
clearly makes education. at bottom, a
matter OF industrial training in the larg-
est meaning OF this term The author, by
this view, does not degrade the cultural
side of education. What he does do is TO
change the approach to culture. to set ii
in its rightful place, to proportion ii
fairly 10 it's foundation OF industrial
training. Out OF this general view Mr..
Mckeever draws a complete, definite.
practical program Of training. He builds
this program up TO the needs OF every
part OF the boy, holding in mind also the
changing aspects of his surroundings as
first one and then another OF these are
uppermost-home. school. vacation. task
time and playtime, from mere baby hood
10 full boyhood. He examines every sort
Of boytsh occupation TO set clear the ad-
vantages of some and the dangers OF
others. The whole study falls into an
orderly and suggestive scheme calculated
10 train the boy into set OF habits and
attitudes that shall lead TO individual ef-
ficiency. to a ready taking part in the