Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05


Carvel" etc. illustrations by How
ard Giles. New York: The Macmli-
Ian Company.
- r. CHURCHILL is serious.
III sincere and capable in his use
sA"u of the novel means or
setting out in bold reiei
some general condition OF
modern American life that BODIES danger
to the health and integrity OF the
democratic ideal. None of his earlier nov
els. however. approaches this one in sig
niieance of theme, in its front-face rie~'
IFS vigorous hold its complete handling
and in the warmth and color of its per
sonality The cup" is the modern
church-the rich. exclusive church, IN par
ticular The general direction of the mar
rative forecasts itself out of the denuncia-
lion from which the title is drawn Woe
unto you. scribes and Pharisecs, hypo-
critics. For We make clean the OUTSIDE
Of the cup and of the platter, hut Withll
they are full Of extOrtion and excess
The special web of incident in this reallS-
tic story grows out of the spiritual devel-
opment OF John Holder rector OF 81;
Johns a young Savonarola. fearless and
xteadfast in his fight to bring deau
church to life. to force il out OF doors III
a hand-to-hand mission OF justice TO the
misery that walks by day and night III
the streets of the city, John Holder IS
not advocating help of the artlfclai SORT
such as expresses itself i'll church SWIM
minneapolis and play-centers, or even i'll
blankets and Goals. but. instead, ne goes
10 the, root of the matter which Is not
that of organized charity in any of Its
forms. 1t is a big story. Its people are
very real persons, the most lifei1ke ana
complex of these. John Holder himself,
and Eldon Parr, maSnate and vestryman.
The scenes are vivid. uncommonly fine IN
description and focus Analysis weights
the novel here and there, analyses OF
states of mind, stages of spiritual growth,
theological dialectics and dogmas Inc
psychologist and the relig1onist Will prize
these. accepting rejecting. The gen
eral reader will set store by the fine ana
sturdy story itself. by the transcriptlVe
quality of this drama of modern American
life.
ELLEN KEY; Her Life and Her Work.
BY Louise Nystrom Hamilton. Trans
lated by A E. B. Fries. Introduc-
ton by Havelock Ellis. New York:
u. +. Putnam'S Sons.
Ellen Key is the most significant figure
If the woman movement. the most inciu-
Sive one This ample personality gath
ers up both feminine and feminist as
parts Of single vision. even though they
themselves, unconscious of an ultimate
essential unity stand against each other
IN open antagonsm. Miss Key agrees
Whole-heartedly. with the first of these,
The woman that tradition has made, the
heme-maker that motherhood is woman's
.hief concern Agrees that process of
tself-perfecting bent steadily toward the
reduction of an even finer order of hu-
man beings is her supreme business. But
At this point Miss Key joins the feminist
~ an advocacy of certain rghts-citizen-
-nip economic independence, individual
freedom. These rights are to be achieved,
however. as the means for larger devei-
80 rhfNld n
aration for motherhood. Surer and
swifter way for the race to fulfill its des-
siny. In such way this intensely alive
personality wide open TO ideas and acute
< sensitive to the big portents of the
present. gathers these two wings of the
woman movement into single forward
moving, irresistible influence. Curiosity
about this woman of Independent ana
probing thought of single-minded zeal for
the future of the race. is general and
keen Whether one accepts or rejects
Ellen Key, he desires TO know ABOUT ner-
The little volume in hand satisfies the
reader in respect to the external facts OF
ner life-in respect to the strains or an
cestry that meet so nobly here, the cir
curnstances hedging her childhood. the re-
Iuctant change from an ordered rural
leisure to life In the town where teaching
for living naturally gave way to writing
and lecturfng- This biographer, friend
but not q partisan, sympathetic but not
sentimental writes knowingly and tenn
perateIy upon a subjecr which from its
very nature invites eXtremeS-on the one
hand championship and devotion. on the
ofher prejudice and reproach. The book
IS an admirable background for the study
of Ellen Keys own views and teachings
PLAYS; The Gauntlet: Beyond Our
Power; the New System. BY Born
,stjerne Bjornson Translation from
the Norwegian. and Introduction oy
Edwin Bjorkman- New York Chas
Scribner's Sons. Washington: Bren-
tano'S.
These three plays reflect the great es-
sentials and the special characteristics Of
all OF Bjornson's work. The modern mold
Of this writer 5. mind. the big. and timely
themes with which il dealt. the method
Of embodying these themes in dramatic
form and the picturesque simplicity OF
Bjornson's manner are here IN full force
The Gauntlet drama1izes the new
thought that man should be as chaste as
woman. and attacks the double STANDARD
Of morality that provides a separate rule
Of sexual ethics for each of the two
sexes This play served TO furnish one or
the main impulses To the scandinavian
feminist movement. Beyond Our Power
turns upon the natural desire to escape
from realities from the consequences OF
ones own acts, and with a belief or hope
that universal laws may set aside tner
operations in individual cases builds
ones self into a false existence. one that
begs the whole question of life. The New
system" particularly strong psychologist
ally as well as dramatically. sums in the
Injunction Live in Truth" Nothing
about us counts except what We are; ap-
pearances. after all. do not matter, and
the only way TO full self-realization is fdel-
ity TO ones inner nature Mr.. B1orkman S
Introduction 10 this volume Is very
rompetent summary of the life and works
of Bjornson. The running comparison be-
tween Bjornson and 1bsen that accom-
panies this sketch serves TO bring out
the soft and human qualities of Born
sons nature, his consciousness that II is
not possible for man to live up to the top
notch OF his capabilities and desires AT