Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-05

moment of legal rectitude. One meets
this hero sailing gayly and fnnocently
The next meeting is in a San Juan
d'U1loa cell with a sunrise shooting to
his account. From that escape. through
a sixable book Of manysided adven-
lures. the activities of this hero are
bent chiefly to the task of keeping his
own head on his own shoulders. Right
across the border. at the post whose
commandant Is the father of Miss
Tranquility Buck, another line Of in
terest develops to soften somewhat the
rigors of perpetual menace and escape.
In the background the shadows of
Madero, Huerta. CarranZa, Villa and
many another Mexican patriot give
touch of historic credibility TO an
amazing tangie Of vicissitudes. This
romance will clearly take to the stage
OF the picture show, or both. Its des-
tiny is obvious.
JOSEPH PENNELLs PICTURES OF
THE WONDER OF WORK. Phila-
delphia: J. 3. Lippincott.
Work. today" says Mr.. Pennell. "is
the greatest thing in the world"
Moreover. in order to demonstrate that
work is as clearly and as importunate
ly a subject of art as industrialism is
the dominant fact of modern life, Mr..
Pennell offers this book Of work pic
lures. to which he has added compre-
hensive sketch of those artists who,
from Rembrandt on. have seized upon
this truth and have made it the
groundwork of art itself Reproduced
here from a series of this artists
drawings, etchings and Autographs, are
ffty-two pictures in support of this
theory. Drawn from different parts Of
Europe and the United States. at vari-
Gus times within the past thirty -four
years. these pictures have caught GER
tain industrial processes at some point
in their progress. but they have not
held these fast, for the work appears
to be going right on uninterruptedly.
under these active and pulsing smudges
Of light and dark. Here are skyscrap-
ers in the building and bridges. power
plants and factories in process of erec-
ton Here are flour mills. oil wells
and refineries, and steel plants, all at
work. Wharves and docks and stock
yards become the artists inspiration.
The Rhine Is pictured in it's zeal Of
new industrialism rather than in the
castled beauties of old romance. Work
ing Europe appears here in the trade
shipping OF its harbors. in its centers
of manufacturing, in the full sum of
its work-a-day life. The whole is
beautiful. impressive, convincing. One,
leafing the pages In admiration of this
energy OF artistry. pauses many time
to be glad over the fact that Joseph
Pennell was, all along, so receptive Of
the spirit and the medium of James
Whistler. And nowhere, one thinks, is
that fact more in evidence than in this
volume of sketches.
THE IRISH REBELLION OF 1915 AND
ITS MARTYRS, Erin's Tragic Eas-
ter. Edited by Maurice Joy. New
York: The Devin-Adair Company.
The prime object of this narrative Is
twofold. On the one hand. it's immedi-
ate aim is to memorabilia the Irish men
and women. who. by act of the Eng
lish government. suffered the penalty
of death. or life Imprisonment, for In
citing and leading the Irish rebellion
Of last spring. On the other hand, it
is designed to keep green Ireiand's
cause against England. In pursuance
of this double purpose each of these
revolutionists Is here the subject of
a personal sketch. outlining his polit-
ical activities, tracing the source of
his impassioned patriotism, defining his
picturing the heroism Of his last hour.
Leading to these personal narratives
and completing the purpose of this
story is Il series. of essays that sum
broadly the various phases of Ire
lands struggle for self-government.
The writer's ARE prominent Irfshmen
who are. he6rt and soul. with what