The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10

OUR MOTHERS. compiled by Mary
Allettc Aver; In which the most
sympathetic poetry and prose In
honor Of mothers, 10 collected.
Two years ago the second Sunday
In May was officially made nation
nj holiday by All act OF congress-. II
Is Mothers day and In prayerfully
observed in all the churches from
the eastern To the western coast.
This Is only an outward expression
OF an inward feeling which Is as old
and as sacred az birth itself. Trib-
ates TO mothers have been written
and sung by poets OF all times, and
the words OF love spoken by great
men on this common theme have
been cherished. Most subjects can
have two sides and the world IL
made up of pros and cons. but
mother is mother TO one and all
and we join In national thanks
giving in her honor. Our Moth
ers" Is a book compiled by Mary
Allette Aver and contains the
choicest poems and sentiments by
professional writer's. and all other
people en- this ever fresh and lovely
theme.
Lothrop. Lee & Shepard. Boston,
81.
THE SEED or THE RIGHTEOUS.
by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins; In
which a few sIaps are given to
the new woman, but which is
charming and fair In its coneep-
ton.
An im?rovident, gifted family;
too good. In many ways. for the con.
ventions OF this world. are the wife
and daughters OF Serero Gage. phi
lanthropist. who only figures "a a
marble bust. himself. though
crowned WITT halo OF reverence
and affection. Meant TO be humor-
Gus this story has deeply pathetic
eide which is like the hurting by
older people % an innocent child.
Inv HOyt tS ivy dl's W'uNi
give anything they possessed 10
anyone who wanted ii. tpIt they look
for the same unselfish spirit In
others. They fad good natured
the spirit. is lacking. Through the
well meant soi,citude of lover,
he mother and two daughters dis
cover that the world has dubbed
them "graftera" which. according TO
that worlds standards. they really
are. Little Chloe il true blue and
sees the beauty as well as the mis-
takes o: her mothers life. Emily
Gage. .ae mother, is a wonderful
character. ard the presence OF "the
statue" H. remarkable for the way
Il makes itself felt. Altogether
Juliet Tilbor Tompkins has done
we'll in THE Seed OF the Right
cous." book which aims to show
In delicate way what Dickens
frst showed ~ exaggeratedly in
Mrs. Jellaby"
Sl.sJ
PROTECTIVE ORNAMENT, by
Claude 5argdon, a book which
will be delight to architects and
poets alike.
Claude Bragdon. the architect
with eyes that see sermons In
stones" has written a little book
called Protective Ornament" hut
which, in reality. sums up the whole
poverty OF our aesthetic sense and
shows us the meagerness of our
lives in relation 10 the great realm
OF beau'v. Having felt the urge OF
the spirit toward higher and bet
ter things, Nj Bragdon has set
himself the task of creating an out.
ie. for this feeling and partial
realizati N OF it's desires. He has
striven, like other artists, TO put
into form our aspirations, and these
sorms have not been poetry, music
or sculpture, but the ornaments OF
architecture. Most OF us believe
the arts to be interchangeable: ex-
rressions in different form OF the
tame t..ing. and with this idea in
mind. It is delight TO read whar
Mr. Bragdon has To say on this sub.
ject wsich is only now beginning
10 stir the American people. That
we have not yet attained To aesthe-
tic utterancc through the arts OF
space" we know well. but we are
beginning TO make an attempt TO de-
velop ourselves along these lines.
The su, jcct IA treated with philos-
cphic insight az well as feeling. and
In n remarkable inspiration to all
those who are seeking the true and
the beautiful.
Manas Press. Rochester, n. Y.
OLD JUDGE PRIEST, by Irwin s.
Cobb. In which the life Of
Kentucky town and the iovabIe
character OF its principal resident
10 beautifully depicted.
Irwin s. Cobb can write things to
make us laugh and he can give us
much information about the war
He can make us see a ludicrous
side evcn TO surgical operations
providing the patient IL not our.
gelves) and he can give us learned