Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-03


aggressive policy Of Austria and the
Inherent and prescriptive rights OF
Hungary. At the heart of this struggle
Hunparian patriots. And the leader
among these was Francis Rakocz'.
whose life was inext-icahly interviewer
with that of the HunFar'a" peonte.
Ra~on Henee1mullAr has used the ltfe
of Rakoczi to vIta1ize ard ernbodv this
period Of the history of HUNGARY. 1t
is a dramatic and picturesque stow. as
these people are also OF highly Dictur-
esnpa QUALITY their STRUGGLE AGAINST
fr,n Hanshurg line one of intense dra-
ratio force. 1t is. besides much more
thar story. since IT aea,n se.s me
mert An Introductory chaDter reviews
IN large lines the essential history OF
HUNGARY from the middle OF the six
teerth century to the time OF Austrian
AGGRESSION ard the rise Of Francis
Rakcczi A do"hle p-eface-one nv
Rt How James Rrvce and one nv Theo-
th,e study and. in addition. paws high
t-s'--tA. TO the qualities md powers OF
this author
Josenh Hereeshaimer. New York:
Mitchell Kennerley.
The motive OF this romance. the un-
deriving imnulse that sends it forward
belongs to the age of chivalrv. 1t goes
to that 1org-eone dav when knight err
rant openly pli~hted his life in serv-
ice to the inenable lady of his heart.
And not only did he Eauee his life to
this h-i~ht vision. hut- what Is an IN
fniteIv more hazardous thing to do.
he nled~ed his honor. too. In it's exter-
mails. the story itself moves along the
ruts and grooves OF modern. everyday
affairs how loves GIRL And once
at a monr1it trvst. an armful OF white
lilacs Plo-i7es their hov-and-Eirl love-
making with the poetry and music OF
their pa1e sweet presence. And then
soon after the how PoeS away on the
hur,-d-nur business o. making a livin~-
And being healthy. beautiful. nnriFht
lad. he meets the fate of all the An
thonvs of the world Enfieements
swarm around him like horninR bees
And when the mere man of the how is
likely to worst the knight Grant that
he really is. flood OF MOONLIGHT en-
Iacs stines him. and a fai-. shadow
face CLEANS out of the distance upon
him. The story ends as it would end
in the majority of cases when man
Faith. He dies
The charm of this romance is va
rious. 1t rests. in part. in the fact
that the writer knows every boy to
be an essential knight Grant. In
other part 1t lies in his power to en-
body this truth in modern story cast
along the middle levels Of life. Then.
too. it depends upon his having so per-
fectly balanced the medieval romantic
ideal with the one that vitalizes every
day current life. In addition. the
writer is not only a f1rst-rate story
teller. but he is. besides. well on the
way to being a good deal OF poet.
This is. in essence and as whole,
beautiful story
LOOKING AFTER SANDY. Sinple
Ro.asnee. BY Margaret Turnbull.
author of wv. A. G.'s Tale" New
York: Harper Bros.
That's you every time, chief. AL
ways looking out for the kids"
ITO which the smiling man said:
Sure. Got six of my own-six of the
finest: and always room for more
always room for more" To runa-
way Sandy this was the voice of God
Himself talking. For that very morn
ing Sandy. all ready to steal away from
a certain return to the poorhouse, now
that her only friend. good old Miss
Perkins, was dead-Sandy. not know
ing where to go and feeling very little
and lonesome. had. in old-fashioned
way. opened her Bible for direction.
and Immediately the pointing finger ap-
peared. the helping hand was out
stretched. Flee into Egypt. and be thou
there until I bring thee word 81
don't know she reasoned. 'aezactly
to flee. anyway" And right now the
miracle is working. for here is Sandy
on the bare station platform of Egypt
itself, little village tucked away in
New Jersey. And right here. too. is the
smiling son of man himself. saying
always room for more" Then Sandy.
nothing doubling. takes God at His
word. and in very little voice asks
the chief to let her be one of those
for whom he has openly said there was
room" And this is how it happened
that Sandy came to be one more in a
houseful of girls. Sandy installed there,
iS the SiY
girls and the one small boy OF the
Sandison household. And the subse-
quent proceedings are as original and
varied and entertaining as group of
wideawake inventive and highly intel
IiGert children are able to make them.
The Sandisons. including Sandy. are the
center of Egypt. the starting point of
But it is not all fun. For very soon
the children are left alone. And right
here one starts to make trouble for
hearted as to let this thing come to
pass. Either she should have made this
father and mother much less fine and
lovable. or she should have let them
stay. Yet il less lovable the children
would have been SO. too. according to
all the laws of descent. And. again. If
they had not gone away one could not
really have known just the fine stuff
of which these children are made.
In all the qualities that give this de-
Ightful story charm and appeal its
unassailable place Is beside Little
Women" And this seems to be about
all that can be said in praise of any
story Of this class.
THE wOODyEvs: An American Fam
fly. By ]. Breckenridge Ellis. au-
thor Of Fran" etc. New York: The
Devin-Adair Company.
Past a chance for controversy THE
Woodneys' is a pattern for any family,
American or otherwise. Mr.. Ellis, of
course. does not mean that this novel
is a study of the average American
family In that case there would be
good ground for contention. Rather
is 1t. one judges. the Rlorined picture
OF some rare American family that Is,
or ought to be. in existence.
A Down East" "Old Homestead
flavor pervades this romance Its
spirit. therefore, is not SO much I'M
worldly as 1t is that of the very best