Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-01

she comes into this little volume. rich,
p, keen. practical and in her right nina 10
talk over with mothers and teachers ana
| even fathers some of the daily problems
! that beset them in the up-bringing Of the
| children. What about this time-honored
ritual of Furnishing children, she ASKS
| Shall it be done? Why: When: How !!
| And how is one to know whether or not
the cure has taken? And what is to be
done with the child who lies? Or does he
| lie? Where does making-believe end and
| lying begin: And how shall he be taught
the big lesson of obedience in natural
| way and as a part of his business OF
growing up? And what, after While,
shall be done about that stOrk story? At
this disputed point Mrs Gutenberg Is in
spired, one thinks. And how SHAH we
look upon gangs and clubs and friend
ships? And how upon the very real
dreams and ambitions of children. Hold
ing herself to the real things that con-
front one. any one III his relations with
children Mrs. Gutenberg is understanding
and sympathetic, but never sentimental,
never hysterical. She is wise and KIND,
but she is direct and businesslike She
has made an admirably helpful and sus-
deep preparation for exactly this kind of
work.
HAPPY ACRES. BY Edna H. l.. Turpin.
author of Honey Sweet, etc Il
Illustrated by Mary Lane Mcmillan.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
To readers of Miss Turpin's fresh and
natural stories Anne Lewis is already a
dear friend. There is, without doubt, by
this time genuine rejoicing among these
readers that she has come back again.
For Anne Lewis is the sort Of little girl
whose welcome no two books can stale,
and to whom one book can hardly do
full justice. This time Anne goes to
visit big circle of cousins in Virginia.
T.. n L,rl mt
Of the beautiful happenings of this visit.
Difficulties of every size and shape and
degree spring up, apparently for no other
reason than to enjoy being SmOothed out
by this small pattern of pure lovabillty.
Despite all that she expects of Anne in
this story. and gets, Miss Turpin keeps
her a most natural little grl full of love
for everything and everybody. and with
an instructive passion to have those about
her happy. Not at all strange gifts.
Many children have them. Happy
Acres is a story that those grown folks
who consider children the most interest
ing of all people will thoroughly enjoy
because it PICTURES children pretty much
as they are. OF course, girls and boys
will love the story.
EVERYWOMAN'S ROADS; 4 Morality
Of Woman. BY Josephine Ham
1nond New York: Mitchell Kennerley.
One reading here emissions a spectacle
OF great beauty anu ulSlil3. III SUI
stance the play portrays woman on the
path of life as creator worker, Waster,
joy giver and keeper of the fame In
purpose and effect 1t is a call. cry, to
rouse woman to q fuller knowledge OF
her mission; to a deeper sense of her des-
tiny; to a larger assumption of her pow
ers In the construction of this morality
Miss Hammond has shown to a high de-
gree artistic skill, dramatic feeling. a
beautiful sense of the poetic and fine con-
structive ability. To the not overmany
who seize the meaning of this play and
sense the loneliness Of its form Every
womans Road" will give high and gen.
uine pleasure.
THE THOUsANDTH WOMAN. BY
Ernest w. Hornung, author of "The
Amateur Cracksman, etc. Illus
trated by Frank Snapp. Indian
apolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Nobody can excel Mr.. Hornung in the
telling of story with a bit of mystery
in it i'm such a way that YOU are kept
guessing until the finish Now, it is quite
evident at an early stage of this tale
that Cazalet knew great deal more
about the Craven killing than he dscios-
ed to his chance acquaintance Toye on