Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

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VHE philosophy winch MI STAG
poole gathers up here in the
name of The New Optimism
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no e -,
losophy mat 1nis ute ihphes.
IL is, besides, consistent and appeal
ingly believable one In sum, this is q
declaration of f,itb IN uor,d that I,
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piosi essihe to"iu .no eoo"
usunction lies In the fact that TINS Ialtn
IS not founded on 1.-The substance OF
things boped for the evidence of things
mot .,., = T. &c 10. a-.r,, ,ron, III. airy
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SPACES OF SPecuianon' put rdther Is II
based on concrete incontrovertible truths
and the workings of immutable law. Set
down be,a is the b;.+o-v IF tho earth-
rro,,, ,a,,,, hon 20 a. e. 80. .,a nh.
''"'i's "o'i VI III " seas """ "
Iic'h repuies to men, from men 10 clVl-
Hzed men. and from these to man. This
newborn man is distinct from the men of
tie period behind him in that he has
reanings away from pure individualism
and aptitudes toward the universal in his
thoughts and aims. The last hundred
wears have achieved him through the mi
60 ~ a. u +e .he p.sss' me s e az
80 :. - nu iion, .,.e
So. ,,ra ~ ,as pssn , ,iH r,.;c eia.,
ms urge VI HidteFial NE Worhins iroi
dividual toward the universal. that has
Wrought this climbing road along which
man is struggling to the likeness of su-
eerniah.
s,an n "s sm,, age - h..eu Hi'n ~. NIslosis
cessors h.s go. Th,s at;,o.o1,h,,
spreads ont these visions into an inspir-
ine yis+a of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT r. infa-
nrets the dra.,,. 81 avnasa. 81. IN, )
sions rho bon,a +ba fer,;I,s ;s The not
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H. .ssa,tis, a,"ts ess, ,oi ,!a.,. e.1
ess.ii'iai eieiieh.s vi lhe theues. soai
human uNalce, Whatever threatens
.hls Is aiso lnimcal TO the state: the ma.
tion. the world. since the family is OF
each of these but the essence and the
neart- Inc faiiacy of socialism is that 1t
is based upon the individual and not on
the family. the error of much that lies
In feminism is its practical injury to the
family. Fine. spirited writing embodies
these hopeful philosophisings and a per-
fectly clear view takes shane in eouaIIy
clear exposition. The dialogue into which
this discussion is east piyes r. on ;nt;,ro+a
and informal ease of nresentn,ant That
IFS tba study cutie ~, - a. .h,,,,,.,
~. th.+ 80 aaI 49,. - sls
tIis -. stamp WIN VI
LOVE Ann THE SoY-r. NAKED Nv
Nav Anstin .nthn. ~ 80 U,
NJ DOWNS - s+o NJ, o'nan
nietnn a e. T. Ap-
Under the name of '.mate-love" Mary
Austin makes here a frank and searching
etudv of III. r.1.t;.r TIL - -
AhAe e'0uy 10
thar as tho .utbo- nut. = ..sav;, ~,
ID -. 30 ~ % Do,-
when it is computed in terms Of chill
dren. In opposition to this conventional
notloi Mrs; Austin sets up the deciara-
siona 10 80, ~ 81, as oSsn ,s .i xu
man that the major process of love has
heen reproductive" Rather has its major
process been psychic. And it is the
EfsssI ieae.ici!s y, the io'e NE tnat
naSt IF this s,ndI t. 10 thass 5.ychic
reactions that set the true relations be-
tween men and women. and measure their
responsibilities toward. one another and
toward the common life around them.
These reactions are the energizing of the
spirit. the emergence of potential great
ltesses. the outfaring of the soul. the
glorious exaltation of life. And the
writer makes clear that besides this ener-
giving Godward use of mate-love there
is a disintegrating cankering use. The
study as whole fronts upon modern
marriage with right mating that perfect
.-correspondence of vital impulses" as its
only promise. Profound knowledge and
equal insight. a perfectly definite starting
noint. and an equally definite goal, a
nractical and useful purpose n poetic
pift of presentation-aN these lift this
nec,,liar,v i,nnortsnt and serious study
into tbe field Of immediate concern and
aes,re II treat consideration.
SET TO PARTNERS BY Mrs. Henry
Dudeney. author of Maids Money"
etc New York: Duffield & Co.
=, ,o,,or.;or, e. tho
II story Is moral III proportion 10 inc
measure and kind of punishment that 1t
rnetes out to wrongdoers, then Mrs Dude
49, nay, move, NAV stem unchaJ,enped
nos - 80
to the mead OF the CLASS III horai iitera-
rure. For at the close of this romance
iss heroine. beautiful and pampered An
,;,. pa..ha,. is peen;pg little shon
go" ,,s 49,. 80.
10 support helseii anu hei '"o ioseis
oae paralytic. the other stone blind.
The chief sin of Angelina was herself. to
be sure, since the chief sin Of everybody
is himself. Curiously enough. Angelina
wrongdoing sprang in the main from a
hypocrisy. a disgust with the common
make-beiieves of life To this were added
a free fling of the blood the devotion of
teisiohis., tns ses " h;nh $500
w.v Of doing things. When Antony
Finch proposes marriage to Angelina she,