Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

WOrlQ. A1Al tHiS Is IloiC liidA
half the battle, for either man
or woman. But women-girls especiai
". nurtured in the ancient nope VI
marriage, lead woeful1y planless ii'es
shilIy-shallying along in hand-to-fliou'h
fashion, waiting on career ior
they are in no way preparing anu w
which, besides, they often poSse
neither capacity nor temperament
With Anna Shaw. however, the case
was wholly different. Even as young
girl, teaching school and "boaroins
round. in the sparse settlements OF
northern Michigan thirty years ana
more ago, she knew to a certainty
that she wanted to be preacher. anu
this book is the record OF a steaov'
step-by-step fulfllment of that plan
ned and ordered career This Is one VI
the striking features of this personal
story, as it is also one OF the mos.
broadly influential ones. 1t is TINS ina.
sets the story Immediately into the neio
of example and inspiration IL Is ms
in particular, that should put II INTO
the hands of girls everywhere u.
Shaw's frank review of her own IRE
covers also the entrance or women ll.o
professions hitherto held by men alone,
moving forward from this standpoint
to the present status of the woman
movement, especially in the line OF
woman suffrage. The leading charac-
tiers in this modern drama OF fenlnlsin
appear here in the intimacy OF tnel.
friendship with Dr. Shaw. AT the,r he tsa
is Susan B. Anthony, of whom the
writer draws a beautiful picture Ihere
are delightful sketches of Dr. Sha"
Cape Cod experience, and most inter
esting memories of frontier me IN
Michigan In addition to its intrinsic
in current
woman movement in America. TINS is,
besides, a charming and brilliant story.
The writer is blessed iii high degree
with the gifts of humor. courage, sim
plicity and plain common sense. Using
these gifts one at a time, or all TO-
gether as the case requires. Dr. Sha"
has achieved an inspiring study, a sur
passing example of what plan, and pur-
pose. and dauntless heart may secure
along the line of ones Interpretation OF
what life requires of the individual
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. By Rich
ard Harding Davis, author OF WIN
the Allies" etc. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. Washington: Bren-
tanos.
These are capital stories, represent
Ing, all in ALL. some of the best of their
authors recent work. They are stories
of Immediate appeal and interest, and
written about things that are all around
US. and at the most no further away
than yesterday. Then, too. these are
dynamic tales. full of go and impetuous
in arrival. Each, besides, is instinct
with the drama of its particular stu
alton, a concrete and focused tning.
absorbed in its own exclusive business
of uaaking clean cut to it's destination.
70 be sure Mr.. Davis has fallen. to
degree, into the foreign mannerism OF
treating his sentences, using the prin-
cipal verb as a herdsman, so to speak,
driving the flock of other words before
him-something like. THE uncle of my
mother the fagots for the fire to the
house has brought This is tempo
rary adoption, one is sure, and besides,
1t is only slightly annoying to the
reader. like fly on the page a1ighting.
as it were. Somewhere in France"
the first of these tales, is the adven-
lures of German spy, captivating Ma
RE Gessler. among the French. This is
perhaps the most brilliant of the group.
The time, the setting, the episode, are
hand-in-hand with MIR. Davis best in
ventive power. The Boy Scout" hanks
back to Gallagher" days. and that is
praise enough for it, or for any other
story of that kind playing Dead" is
domestic near tragedy, one which Mr..
Davis saves to good romance of clean
and wholesome flavor. And perhaps
this is the place to say that this writ
faith that there are lots and lots of
good folks in the world. One is gen.
timely glad that it has never seemed
important to him to pretend otherwise.
1t Is pretty fine that he has lived up to
this belief and at the same time has
kept clear from any suspicion of sentf-
mentality. THE Frame-Up'' is politi-
cal intrigue that falls fiat, again be
cause of the outstanding qualities Of
the man who refused to be framed. the
whole is volume of virile and believ-
able stamp that is bound to be a source
of delight to all readers.
JUST HUMAN. BY Frank Crane, author
of War and World Government"
etc. New York: John Lane Company.
A book of essays. In one of them their
author. Frank Crane. talks about style
that elusive quality over which rhet-
orleans and students and writer's have
wrangled since time out of mind. And
this is how Crane disposes of the old
bugaboo. He merely says that this
great writer. or painter. or actor. or
what not of superior powers, had "a
way with him" 1t was simply his own
little way with himself that made a
Bernhard, Wagner, a Heine, a
Shakespeare, and so on. This little
way. il turns out, is the founda ton of
personality. the source of all the fine
human fragrances and aromas of life
And II Is Just the little way this
writer himself has that makes this
book of essays so incomparably fine.
Sailing under the banner of vim.
visor and victory" Frank Crane writes
here on all manner of everyday sub
jects and in spirit communicable
that the reader fires as he goes from
page to page OF the illuminating stuff.
Among thousand fine and sound
things which he gives out Fin way
that he has" is this on the higher in
toxication."" believe in getting drunk.
In fact, ] believe that our beings end
and aim is to get drunk. Only l do not
like body drunkenness 1t is spiritually
drunk ! would be. ] want ideas, sights
sounds. memories, hopes. and all such
spiritual cups The best of religion
Christians felt the bemusing power of
their faith they began to act and to
speak strangely, and the bystanders de-
clared. These men are full of new
wine, When the best-bred
man shall appear on earth he will be
continually intoxicated, for he shall
live poetry And so on. in inimita bl e
fashion. one subject after another
Keep Step" Chilly Souls" THE Heart
That Has No Wrinkles Wells of the
Soul" The Vengeance of the Stupid
and strength in the hands of this
amazingly picturesque and viriIe
writer.
THE DEATH OF IVAN HYITCH, And
Other Stories. BY Count Leo ToIstoy
author Of Anna Karenina, etc Trans.
lated by Constance Garnett New
York: John Lane Company
Half a dozen of the Tolstoy stories