The Washington herald., 1913-04-27

industrial, Il should be our care to regu-
late and guide the forces Of development
so that they shall be subordinate to the
unchanging principles OF our democratic
institutions, and so that they shall not
narrow, but widen the highways OF oppor-
tunity for the average man. woman and
child Of this and of coming generations.
The equality Of political rights win not
conserve the stability Of our institutions
and promote the happiness Of our people.
unless the gateway OF economic better
ment remains wide open to industry and
thrift
Speaking OF the relation between CAPT.
tai and labor, Mr.. Straus maintains that
no more important and vital question
ever has come forward for solution. 1t
IL at present agitating the parliaments
of all enlightened nations, and IL receiv-
ing the thoughtful attention of states
men and legislators. who recognize that
the plane of solution lies high above the
narrow pathways OF self-interest The
growth Of commerce and industry which
marks our Industrial age has contributed
tremendously to the community OF ma
TONS The much-decried commercial
spirit is the surest guaranty for peace.
According to the distinguished author,
three great instruments-the Declaration
of independence, Washington's Farewell
Address and the message of President
Monroe containing the doctrine called
after his name-were the three docu-
ments in the history of these United
States, neither of them a charter or a
constitution, or even laws, that have had
a controlling influence on the policy and
destiny of the nation far beyond all pub
lie acts combined, with the single excep-
ton of the Federal Constitution. The
patriotism and craftsmanship of the
fathers of our republic formulated these
several documents for the guidance and
preservation OF our institutions for all
time to come.
epochs of our history from the earliest
times to our day, these have been, argues
Mr.. Straus, the establishment of reli-
gion's liberality, the securing of our po-
litical independence, the formation of a
confederated republic of the Union, the
vitalization of the principles Of social
Justice, and our leadership in promoting
arbitration, the pathway to peace among
the nations. These are the glorious con-
tributions that our country has made to
the welfare Of her people and OF man
kind in general
STRANGE CASES OF DR. sTANCHON: By Jose
phine Duskam Bacon. New York-D. Appleton
& Co
DR.. Stanchon is supposed to be IA
nous diagnostician and nerve specialist,
and in series of chapters, each OF
which is a complete story, his expert
ences with patients on the borderland
of insanity are given by Mrs. Baker. In
some Of the cases. as in the first story,
all the patient seemed to need was &C.
cupation and responsibility. An idle life
spent under uncongenial conditions, for
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melancholy. Treated as abnormal, she
had become so. and her removal to a
private asylum had finished the work.
Then she made her escape. She had a
little money and some valuable jewels,
on the sale Of which she proposed to
live These were stolen from her, and
her landlady offered her the position of
housekeeper. This new life and respon-
sioility gave her life the needed stimulus
and whipped up her will power.
Another class of the stories has a
touch of the mysterious. Such is THE
Miracle" which is especially well done
from the constructive standpoint as II
suggests the occult and leaves the in
depreciation Of the facts with the reader.
Such also is THE Unburied," which Ia
an intensely thrilling story of the subtle
evil influence exercised by an old house
on its inmates. traced back to the sinful
soul of a past occupant.
THE SPELL OF FRANCE: By Caroline Atwater
Mason. Proftrely illustrated. Boston-L. c.
Page & Co.
The author, who has travelled extern
sively in France and in Italy, tells in this
elegantly gotten up volume how 1.-The
spell was laid upon her among the
mountains and rivers of odd France,
among the remains of an earlier civili-
zation. among legend haunted castles
churches, and abbeys; among fields of