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

adorns this bit OF vocational history, a
love story Whose alternating currents
supply the Citations and depressions. the
hope. fear. suspense. despair and ecstasy.
without which. one suspects, there could
be no man and woman love at all Many
innocently daring things happen in this
love quest wherein tho man and the maid
take turn and turn about in the roles OF
pursuer and pursued. One comes upon
astonishing scraps of comradeship while
they sit in byplaces watching the won
derful doings of ants and bees and
beetles. For instance, 1t is a novel thing.
in story or out, for the young woman to
bring her manicure kit to the tryst and to
do" her young mans finger nails-talk-
ing entranc.ngly the wilhelm order that
he may partake Of luncheon at the palace
country place OF her high and exclusive
aunt. Things Of similar amazement crop
out at frequent turns of this breezy tale.
but they. it must be admitted. are carried
off with way that is positively enga cling.
Love-at-cross-purposes mikes matters
here, and mikes them adroitly. for Just
about the right length Of time. just about
the right degree Of uncertainty. and
finally clears them with dash and a
flourish that give to them the colors of
surprise. even though the end was day
light-clear from the beginning.
.MR. PRAT1's PATIENTS. BY Joseph
c. Lincoln, author OF "Mr Pratt"
etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
An amusing book. whose author ap-
pears to have turned on his humor much
az gardener does his hose. leaving it to
spray and sprinkle and spraddle about
without check. While he busies himself
with other concerns. A mind cure es-
tablishment is the center around which
this frolicksome comedy plays. As yet,
these mental healing cults are among the
best Of the humorist's cards Presiding
over this particular cure is DIR. Lysan-
der p. Wool. charlatan Of benign aspect
and hypnotic persuas iveness. The Sea
ing and Rest" becomes a temporarily
f1ourishing fact. through the philanthropy
Of a sentimental spinster who turns
over her fine estate to institutionalize the
genius Of the great healer. Out Of all
them kin to the case. but many coming
from affair." the "Sanitarium' matches out
three healthy love episodes along with
the exposure and expulsion of Lysander
P. Wool. Mr.. Pratt. with whom the
readers of Mr.. Lincoln are we'll &C.
quaint. is the stage manager of this far
cical invention. devising ludicrous ad-
ventures at the rate Of one q minute
and expanding upon these the familiar
linsey -wuolsey humor Of which MIR. Pratt
possesses an fnexhaustible supply.
dOw TO HELP, q Manual or Practical
Charity. BY Mary Conyngton, M. A.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Since the first issue of How to Help.
three years ago. the author. leaving the
general method and underlying principles
of the earlier book undisturbed, has added
to this one such matter as was necessary
to cover the progress Of organized charity
within this three-year period. So the
volume i'm hand stands flush with the
aims and accomplishments of regulated
charity at the present moment. The def
mite and practical character of this study
is it's first recommendation. A study from
which any one may gather pointed and
useful directions and suggestions. 1t
opens with a short inclusive history OF
the charity movement as an organization.
Then follows q common-sense analysis of
the requirements Of social workers, of the
qualifications needed. A review Of the
agencies of philanthropic work and a
brief statement of the general principles
underlying it close the first part Of this
study and bring the reader to immediate
touch with the application of principles
to definite cases. The second part Is an
examination of these particular appeals
for charity with a broader, more COM
pretending body OF suggestions concern
ing them than one always meets In such
discussions. Here are the homeless folks
men and women. the beggars and fmpos-
tors, needy families, children OF special