Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04

Joseph stella Boston: Houghton
Miffiin Company.
p FINDER this title of oriental
imagery Mary Antin- discusses
the subject of immigration in
~ a spirit of passionate idealism.
Taking her stand upon our own
declaration that all men are endowed
with an inalienable right to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness. she
makes eloquent plea that every voluntary
immigrant to the United States find in
this his land of promise the open door
of welcome. the outstretched hand OF
brotherhood. In the large vision OF
worlds WELL being. in the perfect pattern
of a democratic ideal. she brushes aside
as inconsiderable. the economic prudences
of statesmen. the precautionary investi-
cations Of experts, the selfish concern
of labor. i'll their respective protests
agains. the present foreiSn invasion NJ
the United States Comparing the mod
ern Immigrant with those of 1870, she
finds them the same. and no different i'll
their high idealism. in their reach for
larger freedom, in their hunger for
fuller Standardization. The new immI-
grant, too is a pioneer with hope. cour-
age. adventure. endurance, patience, to
bring to the enrichment OF a people, just
as those matchmaking powers were
brought to New England 900 years ago
As for restricting Immigration, MISS
Antin says. do nothing, except to abolish
completely recruiting immigrants by
steamship companies or other promoting
agencies. The voluntary corners are of
the pioneer type, abundantly worth the
welcome of any great and developing
NJ t,pty, &C re
set up against these are. on the one
hand. acts of personal injustice. and on
the other. measures OF political I'M
wisdom As for the oversupply of labor
about which so much is said IN certain
quarters. this writer claims that there
is no such thing. but rather lament
ably wasteful maladjustment between
labor and the resources and enterprises of
the country. Apply business management
to- the situation, readJust in the interests
of business efficiency. and 'oversupply OF
labor proves to be an unhealthy, In
respect to the inability of the country
to assmilate into its being these hordes
OF fast-arriving aliens--anotner poignant
theme of the restrictloniSts-MlSS Antin
suggests that so long as this assimilatinS
process is being left to chance or to the
efforts of mere handful of Iarge-minded
men and women. where literally thou
sands of agencies should bear intelligent
~ and generously upon it, so long as
this indifferent attitude prevails there
is really no ground for discussion of
this aspect of the case.
One may cavil. now and then, at the
logic of this discussion. He may, once
in a while. wish to see the supports to a
stated fact. Here and there, too. an
oyerzeal marks the work. AS, for in
stance. where the writer, to impress the
essentially high quality of the average
immigrant. gloatinsiy compares him
fl,~ 1ptt .
discredit. The comparison may be fair.
1t doubtless is. But the racial proposes
sion that inspires it. the unrestraint that
voices it, blur Miss .antin's great vision
of brotherhood bespeak narrowing per-
sonal strain and tend to dim somewhat
the impression of passionate Americanism
that Mary Antin commonly conveys.
However. this is a most persuasive and
eloquent appeal. taken as a whole. and
so taken It constitutes powerful and
impressive presentation Of the subject of
immigration.
THE PRICE OF LOVE. BY Arnold
Bennett, author of The Old Wives
Tale" etc. Illustrations by c. E.
Chambers. New York: Harper &
Bros.
There are only about six people in
Mr.. Benefits new story. And each of
these is complete human being, dis
tinct from all the others, and each. too,
Is of the large and inclusive pattern
that constitutes what is known as a
'Npe- The plot of the tale is equally
simple. 1t appears. upon its surface. to
De set to reveal ultimately the person
or persons, who robbed old Mrs. Maldon
of the several thousand pounds that
we're left with her overnight by her
business adviser. 1t is, however, really
made to uncover in natural and gradual
ynyN VBa ,.t,-
principa. persons of the story and to
make clear at the end Just what price
Rachel Flickrng did pay for her love for
Louis Fores. This is very perfect
story. The elements. so few in number
and simple in character are fitted exact
are intended. The effect is one of beau
ttful simplicity. II is. besides, a big
story-hig since. iGist as in the case of
Rachel Pickering. men and women the
world over are paying for love in dis
irusionment. in a general stepping down
from the glory of their original dreams
of love. in a universal cutting down of
their ideals to fit the shrunken facts of
love Wrought in the method of homely
realism this new story of the now ia
miliar Five Towns becomes the story
of ten thousand towns and stands as
well al the TOP of Mr.. Benefits work.
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY: and How
the Bankers Use II. By Louis p.
Erandcis Preface hy Norman Hap
coed New Work: Frederick 4.
Stokes Company
This is the story OF the Investment
banker WHOM Mr. Brandes declares to
Ne the dominant cement in the financial
oiigl-cny chat con:rols the money OF
his coantry and constitutes the money
-1oao2ol: TIE savings "f the people 90,
the tolls OF the investment banker. t-om-
birafiar is the source OF his power. The
write: "oes on 10 show the involved ana
intricate methods ) which combinau tons
and denominations are made by the
bankers 10 III. end that the world S